"I have loved and bitterness left me for that hour. But there are times when love itself is bitter."

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Source : Agnes Smedley (2012). “Daughter of Earth”, p.7, Courier Corporation

Agnes Smedley

#Bitterness Quotes #Bitter Quotes #Hours Quotes

“Love is not a condition of the spirit but a sign of the zodiac.”
“Believing in the resurrection does not just mean assenting to a dogma and noting a historical fact. It means participating in this creative act of Godâ€™s â€¦ Resurrection is not a consoling opium, soothing us with the promise of a better world in the hereafter. It is the energy for a rebirth of this life. The hope doesnâ€™t point to another world. It is focused on the redemption of this one.”
“What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul.”
“Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes.”
“Promise to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit trouble to press on you.”
“War is a series of disasters which result in a winner.”
“Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural history that gives them a sixth sense of what the creature is going to do, so they can be ready to follow.”
“I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit!”

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