"It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom."

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Source : William Dean Howells (2015). “The March Family Trilogy”, p.509, Simon and Schuster

William Dean Howells

#Voice Quotes #Soul Quotes #Blast Quotes

“When I was a young woman, I had this friend who was really beautiful, and she would talk about how she was losing her looks, that she wasn't as pretty as she once was. She was gorgeous, and I thought, I'm going to stop this bad habit of self-criticism that I think a lot of women get into. You make a choice to be different.”
“I keep my eyes on the sea, waiting to be rocketed into it on a wave of fire. I'll be ready for it to happen and that way it won't happen. It's a burden, being able to control situations with my hyper-vigilance, but its my lot in life.”
“WHEN YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT, YOU CAN AFFORD TO KEEP YOUR TEMPER; AND WHEN YOU ARE IN THE WRONG, YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE IT.”

Source : Chester Bowles (1954). “Ambassador's Report”, New York : Harper
“I don't want to just see someone's face; I want to know his shadow, too. â€”Jude”
“I can get a great look at a t-bone steak by shoving my head up a bull's ***** but I'd rather take the butchers word for it.”
“SABLE- A common knitting acronym that stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy.”
“Please don't take a turn to negative town.”
“Childhood comes at a time in your life when you are too young to understand what you are going through. And you're too young to understand that you are too young to understand.”

Source : Jane Wagner (1995). “My Life, So Far: By Edith Ann”, Hyperion

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