"[My father] was generous with his affection, given to great, awkward, engulfing hugs, and I can remember so clearly the smell of his hugs, all starched shirt, tobacco, Old Spice, and Cutty Sark. Sometimes I think I've never been properly hugged since."

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Source : Linda Ellerbee (1993). “Move On”

Linda Ellerbee

#Friendship Quotes #Father Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.”

Source : An Outline of Russian Literature ch. 3 (1914) See Owen Meredith 1
“It seems to be generally acknowledged that sexism is far from defeated, flourishing through religions and other reactionary ideologies, which would definitely and gladly erase the concept of feminism.”

Source : Source: en.aup.nl
“Not One Tiny Slice of that Guilt will Do Anything to Change a Single Thing in the Past”
“To have memories, happy or sorrowful, is a blessing, for it shows we have lived our lives without reservation.”

Source : Tan Twan Eng (2009). “The Gift of Rain”, p.69, Weinstein Books
“There are passions that it is not for man to choose.”
“I rely on regular chiropractic care to keep in shape for my strenuous type of acting and singing.”
“We are all old-timers, each of us holds a locked razor.”

Source : Robert Lowell (1979). “Robert Lowell: A Tribute”
“Damien is Damien. When I don't put him in the squad my mother, who's 84, asks 'why isn't Damien playing?' She kills me about it and that's true”

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