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A blossom must break the sheath it has been sheltered by.

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Phyllis Bottome
Age: 81 †
Born: 1882
Born: May 31
Died: 1963
Died: August 22
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Phyllis Forbes Dennis
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That a Jew is despised or persecuted is bad for him, of course-but far worse for the Christian who does it-for although persecuted he can remain a good Jew-whereas no Christian who persecutes can possibly remain-if he ever was one-a good Christian.
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All persecution is a sign of fear for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.
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A refugee is as helpless as a new born child - but not so appealing! Besides, a new born child has no memories!
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if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.
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A red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is.
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death ... is not a great affair! Think - it happens once only - to each of us - as birth does. What do you know about being born? that - and no more - will you know about the act of death.
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Where there is laughter there is always more health than sickness.
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... the ears of the hunted grow even keener than a hunter's.
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Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!
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If a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity.
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Death deceives relations often, and doctors sometimes, but the patient - never.
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Morale is not a single instinct. It has many ingredients. A sense of personal responsibility, the natural courage of an individual, the amount of his acquired self-discipline -- and above all his interest in others -- these together make up the spirit of morale.
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If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven.
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Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within.
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There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
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There is no thermometer for wants!
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Love comes into your being like a tidal wave ... sometimes it withdraws like a wave, till there isn't such a thing as a pool left, and every bit of your heart is as dry as seaweed beyond the wave's reach.
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to everything there is an end - except fear.
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... can life be made undignified by any act of man?
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