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“One judge is coughing his life out into bloody handkerchiefs and the other is burying his wife, and you think this is how God answers your prayers?”

Thinking Prayer Answers Wife Judging Bloody Our Prayers Burying Handkerchiefs Coughing

Book:Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker

Source: Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker

“Walden is the only book I own, although there are some others unclaimed on my shelves. Every man, I think, reads one book in his life, and this is mine. It is not the best book I ever encountered, perhaps, but it is for me the handiest, and I keep it about me in much the same way one carries a handkerchief - for relief in moments of defluxion or despair.”

Thinking Men Way Book Moments Mines Despair Every Man Relief Carrie Shelves Handkerchiefs

Author:E. B. White

“A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.”

Has Beens Walks Lucky Luck Pockets Clothings Items Ladders Handkerchiefs

Author:Rachel Maddow

“All the blood shed as a result of secession could be wiped up with a handkerchief.”

Results Blood Shed Secession Handkerchiefs

Author:LeRoy Pope Walker

“You thought I was that type: that you could forget me, and that I'd plead and weep and throw myself under the hooves of a bay mare, or that I'd ask the sorcerers for some magic potion made from roots and send you a terrible gift: my precious perfumed handkerchief. Damn you! I will not grant your cursed soul vicarious tears or a single glance. And I swear to you by the garden of the angels, I swear by the miracle-working ikon, and by the fire and smoke of our nights: I will never come back to you.”

“Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore the poet brings his poem; the shepherd, his lamb; the farmer, corn; the miner, a stone; the painter, his picture; the girl, a handkerchief of her own sewing.”

Life Girl Positive Poet Stones Rings Painter Farmers Portions Apology Jewels Thyself Corn Lambs Shepherds Miners Sewing Handkerchiefs

Book:Society and solitude, Letters and social aims

Source: Society and solitude, Letters and social aims

“The next time she comes back, no matter what she says, listen to her well. If she cries, give her a handkerchief and wait until she's done crying. If she curses me, curse with her. And if by any chance she asks about me, tell her that I'm sorry.”

Ifs Giving Wells Matter Done Next Asks Waiting Chance Cry Dignity No Matter What Sorry Curse Next Time I'm Sorry Handkerchiefs

Author:Kim Do-Jin

“Do not be afraid to love. Remember dear old Don Quixote, viewing the world with love. He saw many beautiful things no one else saw. Try being dear Don Quixote for a day. You'll see that love improves your vision and allows you to see more than your eye has ever seen before. But be forewarned: Those who look on the world with love will need a handkerchief, not to use as a blindfold, but to blow their nose and dry their tears.”

Source: Prescriptions For Living: Inspirational Lessons for a Joyful, Loving Life

“My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them.”

I Can Remember Sweet Grew Grew Up My Family South Aunt Handkerchiefs Great Aunt Something Sweet

Author:Laura Linney

“When I was just a kid, growing up in Brooklyn, I was constantly making home videos with my family – real silly high-concept productions like, 'Attack of the Killer Handkerchief.' I guess I knew even then that I wanted to be an actress.”

Real Home Kids Wanted Growing Up Growing Concepts My Family Productions Actresses Silly Video Killers Brooklyn Kids Growing Up Handkerchiefs Home Videos

Author:Lana Parrilla

“If the Scottish want to break away, I shall stand on Hadrian's Wall with a teary handkerchief, and say: 'Good riddance to the lot of you, and take your stupid bagpipes with you.'”

Ifs Want Break Stupid Wall Offensive Scottish Handkerchiefs Hadrian Bagpipes Your Stupid Riddance Good Riddance

Author:Jeremy Clarkson

“I have before suggested that a genuine blackguard is never without a pocket-handkerchief.”

Genuine Pockets Handkerchiefs

Book:The Short Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe: An Annotated Edition

Source: The Short Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe: An Annotated Edition

“Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief.”

Should Blood Relation Stranger Intimate Sigh Acquaintance Choke Handkerchiefs Intimate Friends Blood Relation

Book:Mark Twain’s Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race

Source: Mark Twain’s Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race