Wit & Widsom
From Truman Capote, Slappy White, Aldous Huxley, Joan Crawford, George Santayana, Anne Frank
“Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation.”
Truman Capote, quoted in The New York Times
“The trouble with unemployment is that the minute you wake up in the morning, you’re on the job.”
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Comedian Slappy White, quoted in The Denver Post
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. Music is what feelings sound like.”
Aldous Huxley, quoted in the Brisbane, Australia, Courier Mail
“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell.”
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Joan Crawford, quoted in the London Express
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
George Santayana, quoted in the Annapolis, Md., Capital
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
Anne Frank, quoted in The Dallas Morning News
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