"There is a terrible loneliness in the spring ..."

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Ellen Glasgow

#Spring Quotes #Loneliness Quotes #Terrible Quotes

“I'd rather stimulate your mind than emulate your purpose”

Source : Song: The Guidelines, 1998
“If you have high IQ, you're really good at finding post-hoc arguments to support your feelings of truthiness.”
“I should perhaps warn you that I am about to faint from anxiety and general depression, though. The film I saw last night was especially grueling, a teen-age beach musical. I almost collapsed during the singing sequence on surfboard.”
“What a gulf between impression and expression! Thatâ€™s our ironic fateâ€”to have Shakespearean feelings and (unless by some billion-to-one chance we happen to be Shakespeare) to talk about them like automobile salesmen or teen-agers or college professors. We practice alchemy in reverseâ€”touch gold and it turns into lead; touch the pure lyrics of experience, and they turn into the verbal equivalents of tripe and hogwash.”
“All my buddies over the years, like Kevin Costner and the guys - I see em go here, I see em go there - but I just do my work.”
“There are two kinds of secrets: those we keep from others and those we hide from ourselves.”
“I don't see how it's doing society any good to have so many members walking around with vague memories of algebraic formulas and geometric diagrams and clear memories of hating them.”
“There's no excuse for the young...”

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