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“We revisit those places where we experienced love, as pilgrims return to holy places, to be reminded, restored, and reaffirmed by them.”

Quote by Phyllis Grissim-Theroux

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Phyllis Grissim-Theroux

Phyllis Grissim-Theroux is a journalist, with specific details about her life and career currently unknown. more

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“It does not matter whether one is at the giving or receiving end of love just as long as one is part of the process in some way. It is only when we become disconnected from the process altogether that we should begin to worry.”

Way Giving Should Long Doe Ends Matter Process Worry Receiving Disconnected

Author:Phyllis Grissim-Theroux

“Rearing three children is like growing a cactus, a gardenia, and a tubful of impatiens. Each needs varying amounts of water, sunlight and pruning. Were I to be absolutely fair, I would have to treat each child as if he or she were absolutely identical to the other siblings, and there would be no profit for anyone in that.”

Ifs Needs Children Would Be Three Water Growing Amount Fairs Treats Profit Sunlight Sibling Identical Cactus Pruning

Author:Phyllis Grissim-Theroux

“An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience.”

Genuine Impression Fixed Aphorism

Author:F. H. Bradley

“All people seem to be divided into'ordinary'and 'extraordinary'. The ordinary people must lead a life of strict obedience and have no right to transgress the law because?theyare ordinary.Whereas the extraordinary people have the right to commit any crime they like and transgress the law in any way just because they happen to be extraordinary.”

People Way Seems Happens Law Crime Ordinary Extraordinary Commit Obedience Divided Strict Ordinary People Ordinary And Extraordinary Ordinary Extraordinary

Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Kids want acceptance from their peers, but in two different, opposing ways: They want to be like everyone else and they want to be different from everyone else. So the question is: How do you reconcile these opposing longings?”

Way Want Children Two Different Kids Acceptance Longing Adolescence Peers Opposing Reconcile

Author:E. L. Konigsburg

“Can you know excellence if you've never seen it? Can you know good if you have seen only bad?”

Ifs Knows Excellence

Book:The View from Saturday

Source: The View from Saturday

“It often takes more courage to be a passenger than a driver.”

Drivers Inaction Passengers

Book:The View from Saturday

Source: The View from Saturday

“Indecisiveness wears a person out.”

Persons Indecision Indecisiveness

Book:A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

Source: A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

“Every job in the world has some built-in boredom. No man can stay excited about something every minute he is doing it. Routine is as necessary to life as water is to beer; it is the base that holds the flavors and spices together.”

Men World Together Jobs Water Minutes Built Excited Beer Boredom Routine Flavor Spices

Book:A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

Source: A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

“True simplicity is elegant.”

Simplicity Elegant

Book:A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

Source: A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver