Betty MacDonald on sunday
Betty MacDonald10 quotes“In the country Sunday is the day on which you do exactly as much work as you do on other days but feel guilty all the time you are doing it because Sunday is a day of rest.”
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I want them either intellectually stimulating or wonderfully corny; perfectly charming or hundred percent stinker.
Betty MacDonaldBetty MacDonald Our little room was morbidly quiet and sorrow was heaped in my corner like dirty snow.
Betty MacDonaldBetty MacDonald I like my chosen companions to be distinguishable from the undulating masses and I don’t care how.
Betty MacDonaldBetty MacDonald There’s nothing as cozy as a piece of candy and a book.
Betty MacDonaldBetty MacDonald a grudge will soon rot the pocket you carry it in.
Betty MacDonaldBetty MacDonald I’ll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!
Betty MacDonaldBetty MacDonald In the country, weather is as important as food and sometimes means the difference between life and death.
Betty MacDonaldBetty MacDonald Almost anybody would rather be known for expert shoe-tying than for kicking the cat.” She always tells whiners how charming they are–bullies how brave–bad sports how good–sneaks how honest!
Betty MacDonaldBetty MacDonald I am neither Christian enough nor charitable enough to like anybody just because he is alive and breathing. I want people to interest or amuse me. I want them fascinating and witty or so dul as to be different.
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Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
ShakiraShakira People went to war as a result of it and even today, every Sunday.
Ngugi wa Thiong'oNgugi wa Thiong'o It is Sunday, mid-morning-Sunday in the living room, Sunday in the kitchen, Sunday in the woodshed, Sunday down the road in the village: I hear the bells, calling me to share God’s grace.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White Nothing is so musical as the sound of pouring bourbon for the first drink on a Sunday morning. Not Bach or Schubert or any of those masters.
Carson McCullersCarson McCullers My chief objection is that 99% of sermons and Sunday School teachings are so agonizingly dull.
Sinclair LewisSinclair Lewis I’m always playing on Sunday, and that’s tough because I really never get to take the sacrament – maybe once every three or four months when I’m home and have a week off.
Tony FinauTony Finau I wear green on Sunday because it’s my mom’s favorite color, but green goes pretty well on Sunday at the Masters, too.
Tony FinauTony Finau I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.
George BurnsGeorge Burns
