Colleen Browne

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Colleen’s Quotes

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Elizabeth Appell

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

tags: truth

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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
― Anais Nin

tags: anais-nin, qoutes-on-writing, writing

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“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: experience-mistakes-wisdom

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More of Colleen’s quotes…

The Liberal Politics & Current Events Book Club — 987 members — last activity Feb 12, 2023 06:02PM
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Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die — 22369 members — last activity 3 hours, 22 min ago
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Goodreads Ireland — 2161 members — last activity Jun 05, 2026 05:53PM
Welcome to Goodreads Ireland, a bookgroup for people from, or just interested in Ireland and Irish literature. Please introduce yourself in the Introd ...more