Grietje Cox Quotes & Sayings

It is not possible to spend on one thing and then not have consequences on something else. — Johann Lamont

There are two kinds of anger: hot and cold. Boys and girls experience both, but as they grow up the anger separates according to the sex. Boys need hot anger to survive. They need inclination to fight, the drive to sink the knife into the flesh, the energy and initiative of fury. It's a requirement of hunting, of defense, of pride. Maybe of sex too. And girls need cold anger. They need the cold simmer, the ceaseless grudge, the talent to avoid forgiveness, the sidestepping of compromise. They need to know when they say something that they will never back down, ever, ever. It's the compensation for a more limited scope in the world. Cross a man and you struggle, one of you wins, you would adjust and go on
or you lie there dead. Cross a woman and the universe is changed, once again, for cold anger requires an eternal vigilance in all matters of slight and offense. — Gregory Maguire

There was a memory and a promise of blood in the air. — Clive Barker

Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed. — Channing Pollock

Never lower your standards just to fill a position. You will pay for it later. — David Cottrell

So I drank every night after work, alone, up at my place and I had enough left for a day at the track on Saturday, and life was simple and without too much pain. Maybe without too much reason, but getting away from pain was reasonable enough. — Charles Bukowski

Who said, 'All Time's delight
Hath she for narrow bed;
Life's troubled bubble broken'?
That's what I said. — Walter De La Mare

If you pray, you can endure any pain. — Lailah Gifty Akita