"We mustn’t give trouble a shape before it throws its shadow."

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Source : Irene Hunt (2002). “Across Five Aprils”, p.67, Penguin

Irene Hunt

#Giving Quotes #Shadow Quotes #Shapes Quotes

“Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.”
“Iâ€™m done with the winning cause Iâ€™ve already won.”
“Veganism is simply letting compassion guide our choice of food. As such, it is a basic Buddhist practice that ought to be expected of everyone who takes refuge vows.”
“I believe that Indonesia has to first be ruled by some form of a socialist system, before we can even start talking about 'democracy'.”
“The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should have geisha training.”
“That familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
“Science, or para-science, tells us that geraniums bloom better if they are spoken to. But a kind word every now and then is really quite enough. Too much attention, like too much feeding, and weeding and hoeing, inhibits and embarrasses them.”
“Do not vie with others in the accumulation of wealth. Vie with them in Ibadaah.”

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