Margaret Kennedy quotes
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“It is better to break one's heart than to do nothing with it.”
-- Margaret KennedySource : Margaret Kennedy (1939). “The Midas Touch”, New York : Random House
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“One of the silliest lines ever said in a feature film came from Love Story, the 1970s hit, which immortalized the phrase, "Love means never having to say you're sorry." There are few people who would actually want to share a life with someone who held that concept near and dear.”
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“Hard though it may be to accept, remember that guilt is sometimes a friendly internal voice reminding you that you're messing up.”
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“Patience is the capacity to endure all that is necessary in attaining a desired end. ... Patience never forsakes the ultimate goal because the road is hard. There can be no patience without an object.”
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“where the bedroom is wrong the whole house is wrong.”
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“... acquired tastes are the mark of the man of leisure.”
-- Margaret KennedySource : Margaret Kennedy (2014). “Ladies of Lyndon”, p.75, Random House
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“It's no use to worry about what people think. I never do. I used to. But when I saw that they'd really rather think wrong than right I gave it up.”
-- Margaret KennedySource : Margaret Kennedy (2014). “Ladies of Lyndon”, p.100, Random House
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“They are emotional gluttons, both of them. They gobbled up every sensation they could extract from marriage, and now they are seeing if separation won't provide them with a few more.”
-- Margaret KennedySource : Margaret Kennedy (2011). “Lucy Carmichael”, p.8, Faber & Faber
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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“No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.”
Source : A. C. Green (1994). “Victory”, Creation House
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“Love, till dawn sunder night from day with fire Dividing my delight and my desire...”
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“The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.”
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“So is it over is this really it You've given up so easily I thought you loved me more than this”
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