Kentes Gravsted Quotes & Sayings

He chooses his language for its rich canorousness rather than for intensity of meaning. — James Russell Lowell

The postmortem readjustment is one that many of us have had to make when our parents die. The parental door against which we have spent a lifetime pushing finally gives way, and we lurch forward, unprepared and disbelieving, into the rest of our lives. — Sally Mann

Thus, again, marriage is comprehensive in some basic ways, not in every sense. But the same holds of most revisionists' master principle: a spouse cannot be your "number one partner" in every activity, or your "soul-mate" in every domain. — Sherif Girgis

Christian piety annihilates the egoism of the heart; worldly politeness veils and represses it. — Blaise Pascal

This is a Southern gift, isn't it - tremendous self-regard diluted with humor and modesty. That's what they mean by Southern charm, right? — Michael Cunningham

Problems in relationship occur because each person is concentrating on what is missing in the other person. — Wayne Dyer

When I let my hair down, I just let it down. It's more comfortable in my helmet. — Troy Polamalu

We had extremely democratic town councils in medieval Italy which knew the value of working together, and every now and then, down the centuries, this spirit returns. — Dario Fo

Sometimes in life, there are no second chances — L.Joe

Anything for you Francesca" ~Cade — Felicia Tatum

starting at a certain point, the future is only a need to live in the past. To immediately redo the grammatical tenses. — Elena Ferrante

Short first pregnancies do not occasion criticism in our valley, for it is widely known that the good Lord often makes first pregnancies mercifully brief as His reward to the girl for having preserved her chastity until marriage. Subsequent pregnancies, however, usually run their full terms, which only makes sense, as the very fact that they are not first pregnancies means that the mother was not chaste at the moment of conception. — Trevanian