“Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same.” HumansRaceLoversHuman RaceGossipScandalChatterMaliciousMalicious Gossip Author:Phyllis McGinley
“God know that a mother need fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul.” KnowsNeedsHumansSoulMotherMomAspectBraveToleranceFlexibilityFortitudeGod KnowsHuman SoulFirmness Author:Phyllis McGinley
“Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shop-talk of the scientist, and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past.” LoveHumansEndsPastRacePoetLoversSpeechIntellectualToolsScientistWitHuman RaceShopsGossipConsolationScandalHousewifeNurseryChatterMaliciousTycoonsMalicious Gossip Author:Phyllis McGinley
“God knows that a mother needs fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul. But because I happen to be a parent of almost fiercely maternal nature, I praise casualness. It seems to me the rarest of virtues. It is useful enough when children are small. It is useful to the point of necessity when they are adolescents.” KnowsNeedsHumansChildrenSoulEnoughSeemsHappensMotherParentWomenVirtueAspectPraiseBraveMotherhoodToleranceFlexibilityFortitudeGod KnowsHuman SoulFirmness Author:Phyllis McGinley
“The wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers, got hungry, scolded God, were egotistical or impatient in their turns, made mistakes and regretted them. Still they went on doggedly blundering toward heaven.” HumansMadeStillsTurnsLostHeavenMistakeWonderfulCommitmentSaintHungryTemperWonderful ThingsImpatientMade A MistakeEgotisticalScolded Author:Phyllis McGinley
“The saints differ from us in their exuberance, the excess of our human talents. Moderation is not their secret. It is in the wildness of their dreams, the desperate vitality of their ambitions, that they stand apart from ordinary people of good will.” PeopleHumansDreamSecretTalentAmbitionOrdinarySaintDesperateExcessModerationOrdinary PeopleVitalityGood WillWildnessExuberance Author:Phyllis McGinley
“The human animal needs a freedom seldom mentioned, freedom from intrusion. He needs a little privacy as much as he wants understanding or vitamins or exercise or praise.” WantNeedsHumansLittlesUnderstandingAnimalExercisePraisePrivacyWant UVitaminsIntrusionHuman Animal Book:The province of the heart Source: The province of the heart
