There's life for you. Spend the best years of your life studying penmanship and rhetoric and syntax and Beowulf and George Eliot, and then somebody steals your pencil.
Dorothy ParkerRead
Said of her husband on the day their divorce became final: Oh, don't worry about Alan. . . . Alan will always land on somebody's feet.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that the speaker believes her husband, despite the divorce, will be fine and adapt easily to new circumstances.
This quote reflects a sense of resignation and acceptance regarding a difficult situation, in this case, the end of a marriage. The speaker conveys confidence that her ex-husband will not struggle to find stability or support after their separation, highlighting a complex mix of emotions surrounding divorce, independence, and resilience.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a discussion about coping with breakups.
There's life for you. Spend the best years of your life studying penmanship and rhetoric and syntax and Beowulf and George Eliot, and then somebody steals your pencil.
My land is bare of chattering folk; / the clouds are low along the ridges, / and sweet's the air with curly smoke / from all my burning bridges.
Prince or commoner, tenor or bass, Painter or plumber or never-do-well, Do me a favor and shut your face - Poets alone should kiss and tell.
They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good. I see acquaintances and friends Accumulating dividends And making enviable names In science, art and parlor games. But I, despite expert advice, Keep doing things I think are nice, And though to good I never come Inseparable my nose and thumb.
It is that word 'hunny,' my darlings, that marks the first place in The House at Pooh Corner at which Tonstant Weader fwowed up.
I canβt write five words but that I change seven.
There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.
You can't appreciate home till you've left it, money till it's spent, your wife till she's joined a woman's club, nor Old Glory till you see it hanging on a broomstick on the shanty of a consul in a foreign town.
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
Outside of love, no two things are more valued in another person than trust and loyalty.
Forgiveness means that I continually am willing to forgive the other person for not being God β for not fulfilling all my needs. I, too, must ask forgiveness for not being able to fulfill other people's needs. β¦ The interesting thing is that when you can forgive people for not being God, then you can celebrate that they are a reflection of God.
The hearts of women are like those little pieces of furniture with secret hiding - places, full of drawers fitted into each other; you go a lot of trouble, break your nails, and in the bottom find some withered flower, a few grains of dust - or emptiness!
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