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“Women tell time by the body. They are like clocks. They are always fastened to the earth, listening for its small animal noises.”

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Author:Anne Sexton

“Time is a horse that runs in the heart, a horse Without a rider on a road at night. The mind sits listening and hears it pass.”

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Book:The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play

Source: The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play

“A girl becomes a wife with her eyes wide open. She knows that those sweetest words, 'I take thee to be my wedded husband,' really mean, 'I promise thee to cook three meals a day for 60 years; thee will I clean up after; thee will I talk to even when thou art not listening; thee will I worry about, cry over and take all manner of hurts from.”

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Author:Alan Beck

“When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.”

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Book:The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”

“You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.”

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Book:The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth

Source: The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth

“The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.”

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Author:Josh Billings

“When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.”

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Author:Lillian Smith