"Tis an admirable thing to see how some people will labour to find out terms that may obscure a plain sense, like a gentleman I knew, who would never say 'the weather grew cold,' but that 'winter begins to salute us.' I have no patience for such coxcombs ..."

-- Dorothy Osborne

#Winter Quotes #Weather Quotes #People Quotes

“Tell me why you're so hard to forget. Don't remind me, I'm not over it. Tell me why, I can't seem to face the truth, I'm just a little too not over you.”

Source : Song: A Little Too Not Over You, Album: David Archuleta, 2008
“The spiritual life is not a life before, after, or beyond our everyday existence. No, the spiritual life can only be real when it is lived in the midst of the pains and joys of the here and now.”
“We can all be stimulated to greater generosity by the known generosity of others.”
“The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it.”
“I think that you have to do everything you can do to empower girls when they are young, from their education, to their successful independence, to their sexual self-knowledge.”

Source : Interview with Heidi Raykeill, www.literarymama.com. April 2004.
“I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.”
“When a woman gives birth to a child, the child needs to be able to digest the mother's milk; but when this child is old enough to begin to eat other foods, there is some switching off of this ability to consume milk.”
“If you're a Catholic you believe what the Church teaches and the climate makes no difference.”

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