Quotes of Catherine Drinker Bowen

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Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, and always count their change when it is handed to them.

- Catherine Drinker Bowen

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“ In meetings philosophy might work, on the field practicality works. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ I miss everything about you Can’t believe that I still want you And after all the things we’ve been through. ”

- Colbie Caillat

“ You are like nobody since I love you. ”

- Pablo Neruda

“ You can’t go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending. ”

- James R. Sherman

“ There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. ”

- Audrey Hepburn

“ It is time to stop a young woman from being manipulated to break her ass and tear herself down to the core in order to build a man up. Once she builds him up, more than half the time he leaves her to figure out the millionpiece puzzle of life. Wow! It never amazes me how men forget who was there for them when they didn’t have a damn thing to their name. It’s a timeout for that! ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ At the beginning, you need no support other than your pen and paper to write down the ideas that your brain is ready to supply you at any given time. ”

- Godspower Oparaugo

“ A failure is always in the passenger seat in his or her life. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ Love cannot be hidden. It even shines in the darkest places." ~ Carla Olson Gade, The Shadow Catcher's Daughter ”

- Carla Olson Gade

“ We don’t really care for things that we get easily in life. Life always needs to be served hot. ”

- Subhasis Das

“ A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was ”

- Albert Schweitzer

“ Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic. ”

- Anais Nin

“ It’s not bragging if you can back it up. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ God does not ask about our ability, but our availability. ”

- Unknown

“ Love alone could waken love. ”

- Pearl S. Buck

“ There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable. ”

- Chesterton

“ Stop hating yourself for everything you aren’t and start loving yourself for everything you already are. ”

- Unknown

“ At one time or another we are all called to leave the safety of our homes, the certainty of what we know, the illusions of who we are. Not everyone will heed this call, of course. And those who do will risk losing themselves completely. But if we choose to ignore the invitation, we risk never knowing who we might have become. We risk dying without knowing what it is to live. ”

- Thomas Lloyd Qualls

“ An early. morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever. ”

- John Bytheway

“ We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again. ”

- Rick Riordan

“ Family where life begins & love never ends. ”

- Unknown