A secret, like a chore, always seems to lead to another, one even more troublesome than the first.
you must not use wood to put out the fire. - Bette Lord
you must not use wood to put out the fire.
- Bette Lord
prophecies do not alter fate, only confirm it. - Bette Lord
prophecies do not alter fate, only confirm it.
In yielding we are like the water, by nature placid, conforming to the hollow of the smallest hand; in time, shaping even the mountains to its will. … - Bette Lord
In yielding we are like the water, by nature placid, conforming to the hollow of the smallest hand; in time, shaping even the mountains to its will. …
If mortals wait until the gods remake the world to their liking to be happy, they are already in hell. - Bette Lord
If mortals wait until the gods remake the world to their liking to be happy, they are already in hell.
The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish. - Bette Lord
The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish.
Like most Chinese, I am basically a fatalist - too sophisticated for religion and too superstitious to deny the gods. - Bette Lord
Like most Chinese, I am basically a fatalist - too sophisticated for religion and too superstitious to deny the gods.
to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized. - Bette Lord
to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.
A secret, like a chore, always seems to lead to another, one even more troublesome than the first. - Bette Lord
What harm is there in dreaming, if it eases pain? What good is reality, if it blots out hope? Can a man's mind be washed without bleaching his soul? - Bette Lord
What harm is there in dreaming, if it eases pain? What good is reality, if it blots out hope? Can a man's mind be washed without bleaching his soul?
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