"I came across a photograph of him not long ago... his black face, the long snout sniffing at something in the air, his tail straight and pointing, his eyes flashing in some momentary excitement. Looking at a faded photograph taken more than forty years before, even as a grown man, I would admit I still missed him."

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Source : Willie Morris (2008). “My Dog Skip”, p.3, Vintage

Willie Morris

#Taken Quotes #Eye Quotes #Men Quotes

“Wake up in the morning and say, 'I refuse to be a hack,' and see what happens by the end of the day.”
“Life is all about Living, Forgiving and Loving!.”
“I have long been a supporter of The Princes Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch Amex Be Inspired and help young people build their confidence and fulfil their potential, I was delighted to get involved.”
“I'm not a man who constantly thinks up jokes. But I think it's very important to be able to see the funny side of life and its joyful dimension and not to take everything too tragically. I'd also say it's necessary for my ministry. A writer once said that angels can fly because they don't take themselves too seriously. Maybe we could also fly a bit if we didn't think we were so important.”
“With one hand he put A penny in the urn of poverty, And with the other took a shilling out.”

Source : Robert Pollok, James Robert Boyd (1860). “Pollok's Course of Time”, p.309
“What strikes me about Jesus is that he is a remarkably true person; he never changes his personality to fit in with whatever crowd he finds himself. He is simply himself, and he never plays to his audience.”
“When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.”
“A woman who is loved always has success.”

Source : Vicki Baum (2016). “Grand Hotel”, p.117, New York Review of Books

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