"Supplementing the far, remote Glory-of-God expression in his face, the glory-of-doughnuts shone suddenly very warmly."

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Source : Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (2012). “Peace on Earth, Good-Will to Dogs”, p.7, The Floating Press

Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

#Expression Quotes #Faces Quotes #Glory Quotes

“When I'm weak, you can be strong; when I'm strong, you can be weak. That's what I believe marriage is.”
“A mountain still in the distance can appear as a molehill.”

Source : Howard Fast (2011). “April Morning”, p.18, Open Road Media
“in race relations, the single gesture and the single individual are more often than not doomed to failure. Only the group and the long-term, undeviating policy make much headway. ... if you want to make the world a better place, the first thing you must accept is the fact that you cannot transcend your limitations as an individual.”
“I always had the sense that nothing was never good enough - striving for perfection. My mother and I had a sort of typical mother-daughter relationship.”

Source : "Dorothy Hamill: Life wasn't 'cake' after gold" by Mike Celzic, www.today.com. October 03, 2007.
“Woe to those who get what they desire. Fulfillment leaves an empty space where your old self used to be, the self that pines and broods and reflects. You furnish a dream house in your imagination, but how startling and final when that dream house is your own address. What is left to you? Surrounded by what you wanted, you feel a sense of amputation. The feelings you were used to abiding with are useless. The conditions you established for your happiness are met. That youthful light-headed feeling whose sharp side is much like hunger is of no more use to you.”
“My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They bought us bikes for Christmas but wouldn't My younger brother will remember that he received a transistor radio for Christmas. I took it apart and it never worked again.”
“All of a sudden you have this feeling of clarity. Backcountry snowboarding has really done a lot to boost that feeling in me.”
“I studied psychology for a couple of years as a personal hobby, so you start learning about people and listening to your intuition, like when you you're feeling that people are not being entirely straight with you.”

Source : "Dutch DJ Afrojack: 'I Want to Change the Party Scene' (Q&A)" by Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 29, 2014.

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