You cannot fold a flood and put it in a drawer, because the winds would find it out … - Emily Dickinson

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As my late mother famously observed, the one thing to be said for growing old is that every year there are a few more things I don’t have to give a rat’s ass about.

Emily Dickinson

You cannot fold a flood and put it in a drawer, because the winds would find it out and tell your cedar floor.

Cedars, Drawer, Drawers, Fold, Tell, Wind

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If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.

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The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more.

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To travel far, there is no better ship than a book.

Book, Ship, Ships, Travel

We turn not older with years but newer every day.

Birthday, Day, Inspirational, Life, Turn, Years

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

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Companies do not do new things because they understand it but because they feel it.

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As my late mother famously observed, the one thing to be said for growing old is that every year there are a few more things I don’t have to give a rat’s ass about.

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To be a gourmet you must start early, as you must begin riding early to be a good horseman. You must live in France, your father must have been a gourmet. Nothing in life must interest you but your stomach.

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It's volatile, the marriage. Which one isn't? Nothing better than a good, full-on row. Get it all out. Say rude and nasty things. And then be sorry. Genuinely sorry, afterwards.

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