"Public feeling now is apt to side with the persecuted, and our modern martyr is full as likely to be smothered with roses as with coals."

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Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#Sympathy Quotes #Rose Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“My mother was very involved with me. And we had a dialogue constantly. And it was like an umbilical cord. As long as the words were flowing back and forth we were connected and feeding each other. And I probably grew up very afraid of losing that connection.”
“Routine is supposed to be the great deadener of souls; how much worse is the half-completed task, the broken round, the unfulfilled routine?”
“Ernie Banks was a great great player and when he no longer could play, he became a great ambassador for the game. He represented the game with the highest of class and dignity. Everybody loved Ernie Banks. He enjoyed baseball, life and people. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. We have truly lost a baseball giant.”
“I'm focused on myself and on what I've got to do...I'm just trying to get back on track and keep this positive mindset.”

Source : FaceBook post by Tim Lincecum from Mar 22, 2015
“Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better.”
“If there's a silver bullet in the battle to recapture Albany, it is the re-engagement of our citizens. This capital has become a physical metaphor for the isolation and alienation of our people.”
“The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.”
“On Pride: This sickness is most dangerous when it succeeds in looking like humility. When a proud man thinks he is humble his case is hopeless.”

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