"It was no mean trick doing the wiring with those mittens on. But I managed it and crawled out, batting spiders into the shadows. I could hear a thud as they hit the floor joists, then a scuttling sound, then, worst of all, the silence of spiders."

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Source : Bailey White (2009). “Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living”, p.18, Da Capo Press

Bailey White

#Mean Quotes #Silence Quotes #Shadow Quotes

“If you're Filipino, you're the beaner of the Asian community 'cause you're just like us. You're indigenous people that got banged by some Spaniards. That's why you have names like Kwan Ping Del Toro.”
“The moment you say, 'I want to do a role,' the story suffers. I don't set priorities in terms of roles or scripts.”
“The weed crushed and pressed by the heavy rock may slowly and gently grow up anew helped by the fresh air, sunshine, and sympathetic rain. On the other hand, the rock is often broken through exposure to nature and weathering. Life is a strong power to grow in tenderness; this fact may be considered as having a close relation with human life. At the same time tenderness has sometimes stronger power against stiffness or hardening due to extreme strain.”

Source : "The Canon of Judo". Book by Kyuzo Mifune, 1956.
“Confession has been my habitual homecoming since I was a child. It is a consolation and a joy, and such joy, our faith teaches us, is meant for everyone. It is our vocation to bring it to as many people as possible.”

Source : "CBB Interview with Cardinal Donald Wuerl". Interview with Pete Socks, www.patheos.com. April 13, 2014.
“In the year 1915 a series of trivial incidents led some Chinese students in Cornell University to take up the question of reforming the Chinese language.”
“I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out.”
“I'm all about high-waisted pants and skirts, pencil skirts, and sheer, long-sleeves in the summer.”

Source : "Exclusive: The Vampire Diaries' Kat Graham on Heartbreak, The Spice Girls, and Wearing Black in the Summer". Interview with Lauren Levinson, www.elle.com. August 20, 2012.
“I finally accept that not only do I not understand the death of my relationship, but I do not need to. These men were good and kind to me, they loved me and I loved them back and the shock at the finish holds no wisdom. The revelation is not that I lost them, but that I had them.”

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