"When it came night, the white waves paced to and fro in the moonlight, and the wind brought the sound of the great sea's voice to the men on shore, and they felt that they could then be interpreters."

-- Stephen Crane

#Night Quotes #Men Quotes #Wind Quotes

“If our tears do not lead us to act then we have lost the reason of our humanity, which is compassion.”
“You decide you'll wait for your pitch. As the ball starts toward the plate, you think about your stance. And then you think about your swing. Then you realize that the ball that went by you for a strike was your pitch.”
“You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny.”
“I had set the standard for my style of relief pitching so high that when I came back to the rest of the pack, everybody said I was done.”
“The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.”

Source : Edith Sitwell (2011). “Taken Care Of: An Autobiography”, p.3, A&C Black
“Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.”
“She had been wrong to think it wouldn't matter that much to him, yes,He took her for granted, of course he did , but he took her for granted - not like an old coat in the corner of a dark cupboard, as she'd put it to herself , but like the very air that he breathed .”
“When I hear traditional family values raised, I hear that effort once again to re-establish the man as head and master of his family. Who had the, not only the right, but the obligation to discipline his wife and children to keep them in line?”

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