Josephine Briggs

Josephine’s Bookshelves

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nature‎ (10)
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Josephine’s Quotes

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
― Mark Twain

tags: truth

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“So you see, when war comes to one’s village, one’s doorstep, it isn’t tragic and impersonal any longer. It is just an excuse to vomit private hatred. That is why I am not a great patriot.”
― Daphne duMaurier, The Scapegoat

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“We are not separate, and I want you to know that. We are all part of one thing, and nothing good has ever passed or ever can pass away. There is no way out, but there is a way in, and when one person feels lonely like a ghost it touches us all.”
― David Rhodes, Driftless

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“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

tags: hope

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