Rosario Ferre quotes
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“Death is a woman, and for that reason she's courageous and just, and never makes distinctions between mortals; she'll crush the ignorant, the arrogant, and the wise alike under her icy foot.”
-- Rosario FerreSource : Rosario Ferré (1996). “Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories”, Plume Books
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“Every country that aspires to become a nation needs its heroes, its eminent civic and moral leaders, and if it doesn't have them, it's our duty to invent them.”
-- Rosario FerreSource : Rosario Ferré (1996). “Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories”, Plume Books
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“A story is like building a chapel; a novel is a cathedral.”
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“Sometimes it's necessary to believe in love, even if it doesn't exist.”
-- Rosario FerreSource : Rosario Ferré (1996). “Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories”, Plume Books
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“Death is the twin of love and mother of us all, she struggles equally for men and women and never accepts differences of caste or class. It's death that quickens us and brings us forth on sheets of love, clasped between sleep and wakefulness and barely breathing for a spell, and thus my death shall be like everybody else's death, as majestic and as pathetic as a king or a beggar's, neither more nor less.”
-- Rosario FerreSource : Rosario Ferré (1996). “Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories”, Plume Books
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“Our needs cancel each other out, and that's as solid a base for love as any.”
-- Rosario FerreSource : Rosario Ferré (1988). “Sweet diamond dust”, Available Pr
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“our love for the dead, like a floating iceberg, can only be measured by the depths of our resentments.”
-- Rosario FerreSource : Rosario Ferré (1996). “Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories”, Plume Books
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“When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there's a massive sense of accomplishment.”
Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.118, Thomas Nelson Inc
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“When God wants to do an impossible task, he takes an impossible man, and he crushes him.”
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“Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all.”
Source : "The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations". Edited by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 79, 1882.
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“I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.”
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