quotes about Stoke

“Betrayal isn't ridiculous. It's the reason empires fall.”

“Singing in front of people. It's like having your heart beat outside of you.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“They scream, they cry, they love, they support, they defend, they listen. My fans are everything.”

“To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.”

Source : "We Have a Right To Be Happy Today". Will Durant's commencement address at the Webb School of Claremont in California, June 7, 1958.

“She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love.”

“We compliment weight loss, monitor our appetites, and shrink ourselves to fit some kind of standard. I wish we could all be the size we actually are. One size doesn't fit all because there are as many sizes as there are women. Let's look closer at the size of our hearts, the width of our souls, and the length of our spirits.”

“Is he well educated?" "Yes, I think so, as far as he's gone," I answered. "Of course he will go on being educated every day of his life, same as father. He says it is all rot about 'finishing' your education. You never do. You learn more important things each day...”

Source : Gene Stratton-Porter (2016). “Gene Stratton-Porter Collection: A Girl of the Limberlost, Freckles, Laddie, The Harvester, A Daughter of the Land, At the Foot of the Rainbow, Her Fatther's Daughter, Michale O'Halloran”, p.584, Xist Publishing

“It's always too early to quit.”

“Nothing is more trying than nerves to people who have none.”

Source : Ellen Glasgow (1935). “Vein of Iron”

“No one has patience for love except their own.”

Source : Marjorie Celona (2013). “Y: A Novel”, p.184, Simon and Schuster