"I despise this weakness in myself--this endless one-sided conversation that takes the place of action..."

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Source : Stef Penney (2008). “The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

Stef Penney

#Weakness Quotes #Action Quotes #Despise Quotes

“Sometimes those who give the most are the ones with the least to spare.”
“The moment an inspiring thought enters your heart, appreciate it as a dear guest visiting you that day.”
“I happen to like things that are funny and dramatic at the same time. I don't see the difference.”

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“The first book I fell in love with was 'Little Toot,' the story of an adorable tugboat operating out of New York Harbor.”
“Compositionally I always wanted to be like Fred Astaire.”
“Skepticism is like a microscope whose magnification is constantly increased: the sharp image that one begins with finally dissolves, because it is not possible to see ultimate things: their existence is only to be inferred.”
“But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.”
“Men's hearts and faces are always wide asunder; women's are not only in close connection, but are mirror-like in the instant power of reflection.”

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