So many words get lost. They leave the mouth and lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days, you can hear their chorus rushing past: IwasabeautifulgirlPleasedon’tgoItoobelievemybodyismadeofglass-I’veneverlovedanyoneIthinkofmyselfasfunnyForgiveme….There was a time when it wasn’t uncommon to use...
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Nicole Krauss
Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Epictetus
Prayer is based on the remote possibility that someone is actually listening; but so is a lot of conversation. If the former seems far-fetched, consider the latter: even if someone is listening to your story, and really hearing, that person will disappear from existence in...
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Jennifer Michael Hecht
It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear.
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Henry David Thoreau
Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.
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Doug Larson
More Quotes By Franklin P. Jones
Bargain: something you can't use at a price you can't resist.
An extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife.
Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
The trouble with jogging is that by the time you realize you're not in shape for it it's too far to walk back.
