"He was, she reflected, almost rudely like a tortoise; and she was glad her friend kept none as pets or they might have suspected mockery."

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Source : Stella Gibbons (1977). “Cold comfort farm”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

Stella Gibbons

#Pet Quotes #Might Quotes #Tortoises Quotes

“Oh, my mom. She's one of my biggest fans.”

Source : Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. June 10, 2011.
“My biggest vulnerability now is my son, Hudson. I am often plagued with fear: Is he ok? Is he safe? I'm in the process of trying to work through this fear. It's a hard one.”

Source : "Interview with Nikki Deloach, actress in the hit show Awkward". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I can't do the whole run but I am able to start the race and I will be there at the end when winners cross the line.”
“God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives.”
“Though I am not endowed with an ear to seize those earthly harmonies, which to some devout souls have seemed, as it were, the broken echoes of the heavenly choir--I apprehend that there is a law in music, disobedience whereunto would bring us in our singing to the level of shrieking maniacs or howling beasts.”
“If we give God service it must be because He gives us grace. We work for Him because He works in us.”
“To do what you love can sometimes be stressful.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Examples of human stupidity. Blasphemy in Pakistan can now include spelling errors by children or throwing away a card bearing the name "Muhammad".”

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