"Life is too wonderful, too full, too short and strength too limited to contain its wonder."

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Source : Ruth Draper, Dorothy Warren (1999). “The Letters of Ruth Draper: Self-portrait of an Actress, 1920-1956”, p.26, SIU Press

Ruth Draper

#Life Quotes #Wonderful Quotes #Too Short Quotes

“I paint as I feel like painting; to hell with all their studies.”
“In proportion as a church is holy, in that proportion will its testimony for Christ be powerful.”
“He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes on the heart of a woman. [It., Ne l'onde solca, e ne l'arena semina, E'l vago vento spera in rete acogliere Chi sue speranze fonda in cor di femina.]”
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder where you are. Looking up is no solution; The sky's so full of light pollution.”
“To love another another human in all of her splendor and imperfect perfection , it is a magnificent task...tremendous and foolish and human.”
“May we two stand, When we are dead, beyond the setting suns, A little from other shades apart, With mingling hair, and play upon one lute.”
“I don't know how I look, but I know how I feel: Young. Goofy. Infinite.”
“Filming 'The Road to Riches' was surprisingly difficult for me. I learned that going back to career successes and failures can be emotionally exhausting as you are forced to revisit the euphoric highs and painful lows in high speed.”

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