"Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last."

-- John Dryden

#Rose Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Sweetness Quotes

“The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.”
“Its taken me a long time to become the person I am, for all the ugliness to fall away. The rotten flesh is gone, and the seed is there. I can touch that now.”
“The brain may die, but my compulsion for useless trivia lives on.”

Source : Molly Harper (2009). “Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs”, p.100, Simon and Schuster
“Even though I'm a realist, I try to let the medium show and allow it a certain degree of freedom.”
“As long as we only have to lie to the enemy, it's honest enough for me. -Captain Tagon”
“Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.”
“Nurses quietly go about their work in a noble profession, uncelebrated soldiers toiling through the days and nights in service to the sick, the injured and the dying.”
“God grant me courage and hope for everyday, faith to guide me along my way, understanding and wisdom, too, and grace to accept what life gives me to do.”

Source : Helen Steiner Rice (2011). “Daily Inspiration for Women: From the Poetry of Helen Steiner Rice”, p.159, Barbour Publishing

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