“. . .sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that?”
“Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
Category Archives: SPEAKING
The lion opens his mouth ; the elephant shuts his ; shut yours.
“There is no creature among all the Beasts of the world which hath so great and ample demonstration of the power and wisdom of almighty God as the Elephant.” Edward Topsell, The Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes
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Women who seek advice from single women about getting a man is like asking a homeless man how to be rich.
― Habeeb Akande
If you can’t bite, better not show your teeth.
Yiddish
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
~ West African
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“The Gods did not count time spent fishing in the hours of a man’s life.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman: Endless Nights
Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear
THE WARNING Just now, Out of the strange Still dusk ... as strange, as still . . . A white moth flew. Why am I grown So cold?
Adelaide Crapsey. 1905.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Kahlil Gibran
“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides.”
Elie Wiesel
A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
“It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can’t see who you are. It is better to lead than to follow. It is better to speak up than stay silent. It is better to open doors than to shut them on people.
She will not be simple and sweet. She will not be what people tell her to be. That Bunny Rabbit is dead.”
E. Lockhart, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
THE OLD PROVERBIAL RECOVERY 