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Gift Quotes (page 11)

William Shakespeare quote: "Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind."
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. William Shakespeare
You might say that he had lost the gift of evoking the perfumes of life: sea water, the smoke of burning hemlock, and the breasts of women. He had damaged, you might say, the ear's innermost chamber, where we hear the heavy noise of the dragon's tail moving over the dead leaves. John Cheever
Life for most people compels the exercise of the lower gifts and wastes the precious ones, until it forces us to agree that there is little virtue, as well as little profit, in what once seemed to us the noblest part of our inheritance. Virginia Woolf
You force all things to flow towards you and into you, so that they shall flow back again out of your fountain as the gifts of your love. Friedrich Nietzsche
Paulo Coelho quote: "Do not try to explain feelings. Live everything intensely and..."
Do not try to explain feelings. Live everything intensely and treasure what you feel as a gift from God. Paulo Coelho
But to Ezail, gifted with acceptance, it was only another facet of the riotos marvel of the earth. For all was marvelous there, was and is still, but humanity becomes innured to repetitive amazements - that the sun may rise, that a tiny seed may become a tree or a man, that life, coming from nowhere, sets us to moving like clockwork, and going out again leaves us to sleep. Or else, as then, takes us away with it, who knows? But we are used to it all, dawn and growth, living and dying. It... Tanith Lee
Paulo Coelho quote: "Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to..."
Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life. Paulo Coelho
I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to God for giving me this gift, this possibility of developing myself and of writing, of expressing all that is in me. Anne Frank
Age has given me the gift of me, it just gave me what I was always longing for, which was to get to be the woman I've already dreamt of being. Which is somebody who can do rest and do hard work and be a really constant companion, a constant tender-hearted wife to myself. Anne Lamott
Toni Morrison quote: "A writer's life and work are not a gift to humankind; they are..."
A writer's life and work are not a gift to humankind; they are its necessity. Toni Morrison
David O. McKay quote: "You cannot think of any greater gift that could come to a man..."
You cannot think of any greater gift that could come to a man or woman than the freedom of choice. David O. McKay
My earliest memories of my father are of seeing him work at his desk and realizing that he was happy. I did not know it then, but that was one of the most precious gifts a father can give his child. Malcolm Gladwell
John Steinbeck quote: "no gift will ever buy back a man's love when you have removed..."
...no gift will ever buy back a man's love when you have removed his self-love. John Steinbeck
Margaret Atwood quote: "A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used...."
A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used. Powerlessness and silence go together. Margaret Atwood
Alice's robes were seasonal. She hadn't exactly plannedit that way, but that's how it evolved. In winter there was a long, warm, deep purple terry-cloth robe. In spring she changed to a newblue-and-white cotton kimono. In summer there was a white chenillebathrobe with a pattern on it, and in the fall she wore a cotton robe herhusband had bought her as a surprise gift. They were useful, practicalgarments, but when she thought about it, she realized she wore them asmuch for the feelings... Robert Fulghum

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