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Downing Quotes (page 131)

In fact, the likeliest reason why so many of us care so little about politics is that modern politicians makes us sad, hurt us deep down in ways that are hard even to name, much less talk about. David Foster Wallace
Every time I look down on this timeless town Whether blue or gray be her skies. Whether loud be her cheers or soft be her tears, More and more do I realize: I love Paris in the springtime. I love Paris in the fall. I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles, I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles. I love Paris every moment, Every moment of the year. I love Paris, why, oh why do I love Paris? Because my love is near. Cole Porter
The killer walked with a light step that could be achieved only by someone not weighed down with a conscience, and went out into the night's embrace. Dean Koontz
If someone falls down, please pick them back up. Just because there's not a camera in your face doesn't mean you don't have to look out for eachother. Billie Joe Armstrong
Planning complex, beautiful meals and investing one's heart and time in their preparation is the opposite of self-indulgence. Kitchen-based family gatherings are process-oriented, cooperative, and in the best of worlds, nourishing and soulful. A lot of calories get used up before anyone sits down to consume. But more importantly, a lot of talk happens first, news exchanged, secrets revealed across generations, paths cleared with a touch on the arm. I have given and received some of my life's... Barbara Kingsolver
The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability to plain and simple hold down a job. If you're still at the point when you're even just barely going through the motions--showing up at work, paying the bills--you are still okay or okay enough. A desire not to acknowledge sadness in ourselves or those close to us--better known these days as denial, is such a strong urge that plenty of people... Elizabeth Wurtzel
a true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. Elizabeth Gilbert
Five weeks in the hospital fled as if down a sinkhole into the middle of the earth. ... Can waiting by definition slow, flash by? ... Time becomes even more elastic than usual--minutes can stretch for ages and days suddenly snap together. [p. 97] Diane Ackerman
Snow-quiet, sleep-silent, only the fun-fire faraway songsinging of children; and the room was blue with cold, colder than the cold of fairytales: lie down my heart among the igloo flowers of snow. Truman Capote
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and..."
I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin. J. R. R. Tolkien
Khalil Gibran quote: "And when one of you falls down he falls for those behind him,..."
And when one of you falls down he falls for those behind him, a caution against the stumbling stone. Khalil Gibran
Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!' he said. 'It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles. By God! Mr. Linton, I'm mortally sorry that you are not worth knocking down! Emily Bronte
Why do magazines do this to women? It'sall about creating insecurity. Trying to make women feel like they're not good enough. And when women don't feel like they're good enough, guess what? Men win. That's how they keep us down. Candace Bushnell
Moliere quote: "unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs."
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs. Moliere
No one's ever dared come out and say it before, but there's not a man among us that doesn't think it, that doesn't feel just as you do about her and the whole business - feel it somewhere down deep in his scared little soul. Ken Kesey

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