Elizabeth Goudge Quotes
...this blessing of loneliness was not really loneliness. Real loneliness was something unendurable. What one wanted when exhausted by the noise and impact of physical bodies was not no people but disembodied people; all those denizens of beloved books who could be taken to one's heart and put away again, in silence, and with no hurt feelings.Elizabeth Goudge
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As much as I don't want to admit it, my fans are the only ones that can hurt my feelings when they're not pleased with what I'm presenting. I want it to be perfect for them. I want them to have a different sense of pride in my music.
Wale -
A lot of women are afraid of loneliness, so when they see a woman who can live alone, then they think, 'Hmm, I can do that.' But you need an example, and that is why I am proud to say I have divorced three husbands.
Nawal El Saadawi -
Silence is also conversation.
Ramana Maharshi -
I loved my start. I'm proud of my spots. I don't feel embarrassed by anything that I did... It definitely helped me more than hurt me.
Nate Torrence -
Bitterness and unforgiveness block the flow of God's blessing in your life and actually hinder your prayers.
Victoria Osteen -
Somebody has to look out for and protect our kids, and I feel blessed to be a blessing to someone else.
Usher
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I don't believe in cutting out people from the past. It doesn't give strength; it just gives loneliness.
Carla Bruni -
Every burden is a blessing.
Walt Kelly -
Vastness! and Age! and Memories of Eld!Silence! and Desolation! and dim Night!I feel ye now - I feel ye in your strength.
Edgar Allan Poe -
Someone's gonna get hurt before you're through.Someone's gonna pay for the things you do.How many hearts must break, how many will it take?To satisfy you, just to satisfy you?
Waylon Jennings -
Government has no right to hurt the hair of an Atheist for his Opinions. Let him have a care of his Practices.
John Adams -
The run's the business end of a triathlon: it's where you win or lose the race. I like to get out very hard, make other people hurt sometimes, and other times leave it to the last kilometre and really win the race there.
Alistair Brownlee
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To deaden yourself against any hurt is to deaden yourself also against the hurt of others.
Max Lerner -
Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, you are free to die laughing.
James Broughton -
Our girls have learned that sweat is sexy, brawn is beautiful and a little dirt never hurt anyone.
Louise Slaughter -
Go for Dr. Bowen as soon as you can. I think father is hurt.
Lizzie Andrew Borden -
If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words.
Enoch Powell -
I'm no spring chicken. The same arthritis that ate up my left hip that finally got replaced hasn't stopped there... And touring is a lot of work. I'm impressed when I see people like Eric Clapton out there. Gee whiz, Eric, give me a break! I know it's gotta hurt somewhere.
Steve Perry
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I realized that I might be a lonely Indian boy, but I was not alone in the loneliness. There were millions of other Americans who had left their birthplaces in search of a dream.
Sherman Alexie -
I'm really glad I had those years working on the orchard alongside my husband.
Jane Hamilton -
We should go and ask the princess for help. She seems very nice, and she’s much too beautiful to be unkind.
Tanith Lee -
...this blessing of loneliness was not really loneliness. Real loneliness was something unendurable. What one wanted when exhausted by the noise and impact of physical bodies was not no people but disembodied people; all those denizens of beloved books who could be taken to one's heart and put away again, in silence, and with no hurt feelings.
Elizabeth Goudge