Gertrude Atherton Quotes

I want books written out of a brain and heart and soul crowded and vital with Life, spelled with a big L. I want poetry bursting with passion. I don't care a hang for the 'verbal felicities.' They'll do for the fringe, but I want the garment to warm me first.

Gertrude Atherton

• Heart
• Passion
• Books
• Garment

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• The earth is my altar, the sky is my dome, mind is my garden, the heart is my home and I'm always at home - yea, I'm always at Om.

  

  Eden Ahbez
  • Mind
  • Heart
  • Home

• At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.

  

  E. Stanley Jones
  • God
  • Heart
  • Redemption

• The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer hall. I was medically rejected.

  

  C. S. Forester
  • Heart
  • Doctor
  • Satisfied

• Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.

  

  Qandeel Baloch
  • Mind
  • Heart
  • Love

• Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Heart
  • Home
  • Design

• I don't take it very seriously. You shouldn't let your success get to your head or failure get to your heart. This is most commonly said. But people don't really practise it. I don't see myself as a celebrity; it has not sunk in. I just see myself as someone doing a nine-to-six job like a techie.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • People
  • Heart
  • Job

• Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use.

  

  Carlos Castaneda
  • Good
  • Heart
  • Question

• The metaphor I've used is... somebody's going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and I won't be there to catch them. And that breaks my heart. But I have some time to sew some nets to cushion the fall. So, I can curl up in a ball and cry, or I can get to work on the nets.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Up
  • Time
  • Work

• Love grounds you. It orients you. Love brings your awareness to others and yourself. Love opens your mind and heart to others and yourself. Love settles you and gives you balance.

  

  Gary Zukav
  • Mind
  • Heart
  • Love

• Do activities you're passionate about - which make your heart and soul feel perky - including things like working out, cooking, painting, writing, yoga, hiking, walking, swimming, being in nature, being around art, or reading inspiring books.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Writing
  • Heart
  • Art

• The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion for it, and their mouths full of its praises.

  

  Saint Francis de Sales
  • Love
  • Passion
  • Thoughts

• It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Important
  • Heart
  • Words

• If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.

  

  Vince Lombardi
  • Heart
  • Guy
  • Find

• I have a lot of friends who are trying to clean up their act, or that are still making trouble for themselves, so I'm definitely well-versed on what goes on in the mind and the heart of a person who self-destructs as their coping mechanism, and also what they're like when you take their preferred substance away.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Trying

• I have a list in my mind and in my heart of actors who have been extraordinarily kind, and Hugh Laurie is near the top.

  

  Yvette Nicole Brown
  • Mind
  • Heart
  • Kind

• Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.

  

  C. Day Lewis
  • Heart
  • Light
  • Summer

• I don't have many possessions, apart from my books.

  

  Gary Shteyngart
  • Books
  • Many
  • Possessions

• Over the years, I've learnt how to strike a balance between both my lives and give quality time to my passion as well as to my family. Yes, it is tiring at times, and every working woman goes through the phase.

  

  Malaika Arora Khan
  • Time
  • Family
  • Passion

• His livid face is a bewildered false green. I notice it, between the chest's hard air, with the fraternity of knowing I will also be so.

  

  Fernando Pessoa
  • Air
  • Green

• When I'm get­ting ready to per­suade a per­son, I spend one-third of the time think­ing about myself, what I'm going to say, and two-thirds of the time think­ing about him and what he is going to say. -Abra­ham Lincoln Always think of what you have to do as easy and it will be.

  

  Emile Coue
  • Think
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Persuade

• One day, I'm gonna make a song with John Mayer.

  

  Ty Dolla Sign
  • Song

• You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.

  

  Bryant H. McGill
  • Life
  • May

• I want books written out of a brain and heart and soul crowded and vital with Life, spelled with a big L. I want poetry bursting with passion. I don't care a hang for the 'verbal felicities.' They'll do for the fringe, but I want the garment to warm me first.

  

  Gertrude Atherton
  • Heart
  • Passion
  • Books