“ Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. ”
- Jimmy Cannon- Copy
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“ Who would not rather flounder in the fight than not have known the glory of the fray? ”
- Richard Hovey- Copy
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“ It was not… that she was unaware of the frayed and ragged edges of life. She would merely iron them out with a firm hand and neatly hem them down. ”
- P. D. James- Copy
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“ Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions. ”
- John McCarthy- Copy
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“ I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots. ”
- Paddy Ashdown- Copy
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“ WALL STREET, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven. Even the great and good Andrew Carnegie has made his profession of faith in the matter… ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done my share of eating too. I am not washed and beautiful, in control of a shining world in which everything fits, but instead am wandering awed about on a splintered wreck I've come to care for, whose gnawed trees breathe a delicate air, whose bloodied and scarred creatures are my dearest companions, and whose beauty bats and shines not in its imperfections but overwhelmingly in spite of them… ”
- Annie Dillard- Copy
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“ I'm tired of playing worn-out depressing ladies in frayed bathrobes. I'm going to get a new hairdo and look terrific and go back to school and even if nobody notices, I'm going to be the most self-fulfilled lady on the block. ”
- Joanne Woodward- Copy
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