Phyllis Theroux Quotes

United States, Author
January 22, 1939

Theroux Phyllis daughter of John deLafayette (in business) and Phyllis (in business; maiden name Hollins) Grissim; divorced; children: three. Education: Manhattanville College, B.A., 1961.

Also known as Journalist

To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.

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- Heart
- Moving
- Letter
Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.

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- Wisdom
- Mistakes
- Bridge

Children are born with imaginations in mint condition, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Then life corrects for grandiosity.

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Every house has its own private cup of sorrow.

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- House
- Sorrow
- Cup
Real love opens doors to something larger than oneself.

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- Love
- Doors
- Larger
Writing is a deeply spiritual act that can have a profound effect upon the practitioner.

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We were all so young that there were no lines on our faces to read between.

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- Young
- Faces
- Read
Falling silent should be cultivated, the way the woods fall silent in the snow. Messages you can’t send any other way can be heard.

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- Silent
- Heard
- Messages

If you don’t consider your life a pilgrimage, it gets downgraded to a trip or even an aimless journey. It is we who make that decision.

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- Life
- Decision
- Pilgrimage
An enlightened person raises the level of the consciousness of the entire community.

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