“It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.”
Edith Nesbitt
More Stories Like These
In Quotes
Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good. Abraham Lincoln
Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good.Politicians and PoliticsQuotations by Abraham Lincoln
In Quotes
A nation is the same people living in the same place. James Joyce
A nation is the same people living in the same place.NationsQuotations by James Joyce
In Quotes
A wounded deer leaps the highest. Emily Dickinson
A wounded deer leaps the highest.AdversityQuotations by Emily Dickinson
In Quotes
The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market. James Russell Lowell
The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.HeartQuotations by James Russell Lowell
In Quotes
The creation of a thousand forest in one acorn. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The creation of a thousand forest in one acorn.PowerQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
In Quotes
The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. Hannah Arendt
The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.Third WorldQuotations by Hannah Arendt
In Quotes
Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. Samuel Johnson
Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must …
In Quotes
Is there a life after death? Can I never get some peace? Gerhard Kocher
Is there a life after death? Can I never get some peace?Death and DyingQuotations by Gerhard Kocher
In Quotes
A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them. Vernon Howard
A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.UnderstandingQuotations by Vernon Howard
In Quotes
All of life is a foreign country. Jack Kerouac
All of life is a foreign country.Life and LivingQuotations by Jack Kerouac