"If arrogance is the heady wine of youth, then humility must be its eternal hangover."

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Source : Helen Van Slyke (1988). “Helen Van Slyke, three complete novels”, Random House Value Pub

Helen Van Slyke

#Hangover Quotes #Wine Quotes #Humility Quotes

“The whole point of creating music for me is to give voice to things that aren't normally given voice to.”
“He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist.”
“The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark. They brought many things that our people had never seen. They talked straight. These men were very kind.”
“I can't think of a subject that is taboo for me, unless it's one I simply don't know anything about.”
“The critic's symbol should be the tumble-bug: he deposits his egg in somebody else's dung, otherwise he could not hatch it.”
“It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”
“Thanks to Bart Simpson, I have a pretty good life.”
“Holy Men! Holy Cabbages! Holy Bean Pods! What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat?”

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