Guy De la Valdene quotes
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“My dogs forgive anger in me, the arrogance in me, the brute in me. They forgive everything I do before I forgive myself.”
-- Guy De la ValdeneSource : Guy de la Valdene (2007). “For a Handful of Feathers”, p.85, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“Of all the sounds that touch my soul these days, the most beautiful one of all is silence.”
-- Guy De la ValdeneSource : Guy de la Valdène, Martell Agency (2012). “Fragrance of Grass”, p.10, Rowman & Littlefield
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“Andy Anderson has written an autobiography in pictures, a life on the water. Salt is an eloquent modern paean to the strength and beauty of the coastal waters he cares for at a time when that environment is in danger of disappearing.”
-- Guy De la Valdene
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“The less you talk, the more you're listened to.”
Source : "A Small Encounter With Abigail Van Buren" by Lea Lane, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 22, 2013.
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“Don't let's go to the dogs tonight, For mother will be there.”
Source : She-Shanties (1926) "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight"
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“The swine who stole my dog doesn't realize what he did to me!”
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“My forgiving you doesn't make my heart hurt less. It takes awhile to heal.”
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“You have the power to take away someone's happiness by refusing to forgive. That someone is you.”