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Willingly Quotes (page 708)

but without scheming to do wrong, or to make others unhappy, there may be error, and there may be misery. Thoughtlessness, want of attention to other people's feelings, and want of resolution, will do the business. Jane Austen
Richard Carlson quote: "They will pass away just as surely as the sun sets in the..."
They will pass away just as surely as the sun sets in the evening. Richard Carlson
But who will dare to speak the truth out clear? The few who anything of truth have learned, And foolishly did not keep truth concealed, Their thoughts and visions to the common herd revealed, Since time began we've crucified and burned Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
She goes off to see a shrink, to see if she can improve herself, make herself over into a new woman, one who no longer gives a shit. She would like that. The shrink is a nice person; Roz likes her. Together the two of them labor over Roz's life as if it's a jigsaw puzzle, a mystery story with a solution at the end. They arrange and rearrange the pieces, trying to get them to come out better. They are hopeful: if Roz can figure out what story she's in, then they will be able to spot the... Margaret Atwood
for you, I am even willing to suffer. Whatever pain happens to us in the future, I accept it already, just for the pleasure of being with you now. Let’s enjoy this time. It’s marvelous. Elizabeth Gilbert
Dorothy Dunnett quote: "Depose him? said Will Scott, astonished."
Depose him? said Will Scott, astonished. Dorothy Dunnett
The wedding ended, hurriedly, on a surge of masculine bonhomie and relief. Five minutes later, followed by the red-eyed glares of their womenfolk, Buccleuch and his friends and his new-married son had plunged off to join Lord Culter, head of the Crawfords, and Francis Crawford his brother, to fight the English once more. * Sentimentally, Will Scott thought, it made his wedding-day perfect. Cantering, easy and big-limbed, through the bracken of Ettrick-side, with leaves stuck, lime-green and... Dorothy Dunnett
If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare. Mark Twain
I have decided to leave Clea’s last letter un-answered. I no longer wish to coerce anyone, to make promises, to think of life in terms of compacts, resolutions, covenants. It will be up to Clea to interpret my silence according to her own needs and desires, to come to me if she has need or not, as the case may be. Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us? Lawrence Durrell
Ayn Rand quote: "There were things in my past which I have not liked. But all..."
There were things in my past which I have not liked. But all the things of which I was proud will remain. Ayn Rand
They talk of rich folk being stuck-up and genteel, but for pure cast-iron pride of respectability there's naught like poor chapel folk. Why, 'tis as cold as the wind on Greenhow Hill -- aye, and colder, too, for it will never change. Rudyard Kipling
John Piper quote: "Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all..."
Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant. John Piper
Elaine Dundy quote: "I mean if I don't get started soon, how will I get the chance..."
I mean if I don't get started soon, how will I get the chance to sharpen my wits? It takes alot of training. Elaine Dundy
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "New carpet will exude poisonous formaldehyde for up to two..."
New carpet will exude poisonous formaldehyde for up to two years after it'd been laid. I know the feeling. Chuck Palahniuk
Dark had meant Dora, had meant words and events sordid with self. Struggling to the light from Dora's darkness, Caro had acquired conscience and equilibrium like a profound, laborious education. Exercise of principle would always require more from her than from persons nurtured in it, for she had learned it by application of will. Caro would never do the right thing without knowing it, as some could. Shirley Hazzard

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