Susan Ertz quotes
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“Someone has somewhere commented on the fact that millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.”
-- Susan ErtzSource : Anger in the Sky ch. 5 (1943)
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“Boredom comes simply from ignorance and lack of imagination.”
-- Susan ErtzSource : Susan Ertz (1943). “Anger in the Sky: A Novel”
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“Parsons always seem to be specially horrified about things like sunbathing and naked bodies. They don't mind poverty and misery and cruelty to animals nearly as much.”
-- Susan ErtzSource : Susan Ertz (1931). “The Story of Julian”, New York D. Appleton 1931.
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“Crises have a way of thrusting into the limelight hitherto obscure persons, and giving them, for a long or short period, a leading role.”
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“Laura Alicia Deverell was born on May 10th, 1862, at precisely a quarter past one o'clock on a Thursday morning. Those interested in that pseudo-science astrology or astromancy may trace her life and character, if they wish, among the stars, where no doubt it is all written.”
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“All dogs seem to be great linguists, according to their owners. They always understand every word that's said to them.”
-- Susan ErtzSource : Susan Ertz (1931). “The Story of Julian”, New York D. Appleton 1931.
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“The novelists of the nineteeth century had all the luck. They had a huge and easily pleased public and the world they surveyed had every appearance of permanence.”
-- Susan ErtzSource : Susan Ertz (1943). “Anger in the Sky: A Novel”
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“One's own troubles can be borne with fortitude; only a monster of indifference can bear the sufferings of others with fortitude.”
-- Susan ErtzSource : Susan Ertz (1931). “The Story of Julian”, New York D. Appleton 1931.
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“A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.”
Source : A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.93, Egmont UK
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Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books
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Source : Aaron Sorkin's Commencement Address at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, news.syr.edu. May 13, 2012.
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“If you want anything to work, Sunday, you're going to have to believe it”
Source : Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.121, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.”
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