Quotes of Cecil Day Lewis

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We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

- Cecil Day Lewis

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“ Denna is a wild thing," I explained. "Like a hind or a summer storm. If a storm blows down your house, or breaks a tree, you don't say the storm was mean. It was cruel. It acted according to its nature and something unfortunately was hurt. The same is true of Denna. ”

- Patrick Rothfuss

“ Love yourself, whatever makes you different, and use it to make you stand out. Mine is my voice and the fact that I’m gay: well, the fact that I’m flamboyantly gay. ”

- Ross Mathews

“ To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ I may not be where I want to be, but if I stop now, I'll NEVER get where I'm going! ”

- Laura Lynch

“ Buy a pup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie. ”

- Rudyard Kipling

“ I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. ”

- Charlotte Bronte

“ Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. ”

- Ovid

“ Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”

- Markus Zusak

“ A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. ”

- Emily Dickinson

“ The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope. ”

- Timothy Keller

“ The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person’s life. ”

- William Wordsworth

“ Mysteries of attraction could not always be explained through logic. Sometimes the fractures in two separate souls became the very hinges that held them together. ”

- Lisa Kleypas

“ My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ The desires of man are frequently more influential than their rational thought. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Fear lies. Save love. ”

- Arif Naseem

“ Unrequited love’s a bore. ”

- Lorenz Hart

“ When you know my love, my love will warm you. ”

- Ruby Dee

“ Hmm…now that I think about it, housecats are often coddled and petted. You don’t pet me nearly enough. You must be a lax owner. How selfish of you to deprive your cat of attention. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ Tucker strokes my hair. There's something so tender about the gesture. It might as well have been him whispering I love you. ”

- Cynthia Hand

“ A successful marriage requires falling in love many times always with the same person. ”

- Mignon McLaughlin

“ Don't worry when people only bring up your past. It's only because your present and future looks brighter and better than theirs ”

- Kimberking

“ Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack. ”

- Mary Roberts Rinehart