"Humanity has to travel a hard road to wisdom, and it has to travel it with bleeding feet."

-- Nellie L. McClung

#Wisdom Quotes #Feet Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“... appeals to memory were never perfectly answered.”

Source : Mavis Gallant (2016). “A Fairly Good Time: with Green Water, Green Sky”, p.52, New York Review of Books
“I was always searching, always seeking the next big thing, because that was the thing that was going to make everything all right again. And while I was working toward it, it gave me something to think about other than that thing I couldn't put my finger on. But it always came back.”
“Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with special horror.”
“The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.”
“The strong do not hesitate. They settle down, they sweat, they go on to the end. They exhaust the ink, they use up the paper.”
“Most people understand life expectancy has changed since Social Security started in 1937 when folks lived to be 59 years old. Today, they live to be 77 years old.”
“When I seek another word for 'music', I never find any other word than 'Venice'”
“All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women.”

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