Tina Howe quotes
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“There's no rage like old lady rage, just as there's no tenderness like old lady tenderness.”
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“The tools I handle are words. They may be unappreciated or misunderstood, but they tell us who we are.”
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“[I was] particularly eager to give voice to the women of my mother's place and generation, who grew up in turn-of-the-century, privileged New England households, who really never had a chance to flower and assess themselves and find out who they were. More than anything, I wanted to give voice to the sort of anger that women of that generation could never express for themselves.”
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“. . . the cruel part is that, to let the play live, you have to surrender control and let your characters go. You have to let them stumble, fall into walls and be mute, let them drift and be lost. If you hold the reins too tight, they won't spring to life.”
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“Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy.”
Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 226-27, De Raptu Proserpinæ, III. 290, 1922.
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“You're mugging old ladies every bit as much if you pinch their pension fund”
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“One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us”
Source : Dean Koontz (2011). “A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog Named Trixie”, p.170, Bantam
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“All my life, I'd been around men. That night, I discovered the tenderness of a woman.”
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“Our greatest strength lies in the gentleness and tenderness of our heart.”
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“Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.”
Source : Hugh Blair (1827). “Sermons ... To which is prefixed, a short account of the life and character of the author, by James Finlayson ... A new edition, etc. With a portrait”, p.45
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