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Knowing Quotes (page 798)

F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "the best contacts are when one knows the obstacles and still..."
the best contacts are when one knows the obstacles and still wants to preserve a relation. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway quote: "He'll never be frightened. He knows too damn much."
He'll never be frightened. He knows too damn much. Ernest Hemingway
James Baldwin quote: "Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you..."
Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know. James Baldwin
Leo Tolstoy quote: "God knows, but He's waiting"
God knows, but He's waiting Leo Tolstoy
People cry at weddings for the same reason they cry at happy endings: because they so desperately want to believe in something they know is not credible. Margaret Atwood
The woman in charge of costuming assigned us our outfits and gave us a lecture on keeping things clean. She held up a calendar and said, "Ladies, you know what this is. Use it. I have scraped enough blood out from the crotches of elf knickers to last me the rest of my life. And don't tell me, 'I don't wear underpants, I'm a dancer.' You're not a dancer. If you were a real dancer you wouldn't be here. You're an elf and you're going to wear panties like an elf. David Sedaris
Sudden LightI have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the light around the shore. Dante Gabriel Rossetti
It's so awful, attacking your child. It's the worse thing I know, to shout loudly at this 50 lb. being with his huge trusting brown eyes. It's like bitch-slapping E.T. Anne Lamott
What I want to say is that I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me & incredibly good. I want to say that - everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer. I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been. Michael Cunningham
John Muir quote: "Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are..."
Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get---people, storms, guardian angels, or sheep.... John Muir
He stuck around till around dinnertime, talking about all the guys at Pencey that he hated their guts, and squeezing this big pimple on his chin. He didn't even use a handkerchief. I don't even think the bastard had a handkerchief, if you want to know the truth. I never saw him use one, anyway. J. D. Salinger
I have told many, yet when I go down that last trail, I know there will be a thousand stories hammering at my skull, demanding to be told. Louis L'Amour
I don't know what's come over this place,' Maud stated. 'However, the Lord did, so in despair He showed me what I had better do.' 'And did the Lord suggest your sticking up your father for ten shillings?' 'No, I thought of that,' said Maud, not turning a hair. Elizabeth Bowen
The Christian has a great advantage over other men, not by being less fallen than they nor less doomed to live in a fallen world, but by knowing that he IS a fallen man in a fallen world. C. S. Lewis
That's just how white folks will do you. It wasn't merely the cruelty involved; I was learning that black people could be mean and then some. It was a particular brand of arrogance, an obtuseness in otherwise sane people that brought forth our bitter laughter. It was as if whites didn't know they were being cruel in the first place. Or at least thought you deserved of their scorn. Barack Obama

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