"War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist"

-- M. F. K. Fisher

#War Quotes #Beastly Quotes #Proof Quotes

“I'd rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some ***** chair watching TV.”
“I am a great believer that you need passion and energy to create a truly successful business. Remember many new businesses do not make it and running a business will be a tough experience, involving long hours and many hard decisions - it helps to have that passion to keep you going.”
“Wherever there is a grain of loyalty there is a glimpse of freedom.”
“I have the happiness of a passing moment, and what more can mortal ask?”

Source : George Gissing (2016). “The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft”, p.55, The Floating Press
“Look at how ***** ugly the stars are.”
“With my writing, because I live it, I have to be consumed by it, and that means you have to forget your other life, which is constantly pulling you from your work.”
“Our path is sometimes rough and sometimes smooth; nonetheless, life is a constant journey... whatever we do is regarded as our journey, our path. That path consists of opening oneself to the road, opening oneself to the steps we are about to take.”
“My parents were in short street, so they had to go abroad to economize.”

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