"Love is the light that you see by."

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Source : Bess Streeter Aldrich (1994). “A Lantern in Her Hand”, p.125, U of Nebraska Press

Bess Streeter Aldrich

#Love Is Quotes #Light Quotes

“If it comes to that," retorted Frederica, with spirt, " I am continually shocked by the things you don't scruple to say to me,cousin! You are quite abominable!" He sighed. "Alas, I know it! The reflection gives me sleepless nights.”
“It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas. 102”
“I can critique the bad; I can take the good, and I can add whatever I want.”
“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.”
“The Children's Hospital will be a credible demonstration of the commitment of African leaders to place the rights of children at the forefront. Nothing less would be enough.”
“Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredibly Christian background, but there was a lot of love, which is really inspiring in a feminist way.”
“The thing about Dickens is you either love him or you hate him and I fell in love with Dickens, I fell in love with his prose style and I decided that I wanted to read the whole Dickens verve during the course of my life.”
“To demarcate [words in way that changes the meaning] is simply to speak a different language than everyone else. And I do not accept semantic games like that. [...] We need to use words as they are actually used and understood. We can correct errors and inconsistencies and make distinctions. But we can't try to foist an alien language on people.”

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