WIST Quotations

McLaughlin, Mignon -- The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 4 (1963)

Dave — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:25:57 +0000

“Pull yourself together” is seldom said to anyone who can.

Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 4 (1963)
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Lewis, C.S. -- Mere Christianity, “Christian Marriage” (1952)

Dave — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 05:03:54 +0000

But, of course, ceasing to be ‘in love’ need not mean ceasing to love. Love in this second sense — love as distinct from ‘being in love’ — is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in Christian marriages) the grace which both partners ask, and receive, from God. They can have this love for each other even at those moments when they do not like each other; as you love yourself even when you do not like yourself. They can retain this love even when each would easily, if they allowed themselves, be ‘in love’ with someone else. ‘Being in love’ first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise. It is on this love that the engine of marriage is run: being in love was the explosion that started it.

C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) English writer, literary scholar, lay theologian [Clive Staples Lewis]
Mere Christianity, “Christian Marriage” (1952)
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Bennett, Arnold -- Denry the Audacious, ch. 10 “His Infamy” (1911)

Dave — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:03:56 +0000

Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened.

Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) English writer, novelist, journalist
Denry the Audacious, ch. 10 “His Infamy” (1911)

Shakespeare, William -- Othello, Act 2, sc. 3, l. 391ff (2.3.391-392) (1603)

Dave — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:55:45 +0000

IAGO: How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
Othello, Act 2, sc. 3, l. 391ff (2.3.391-392) (1603)
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Kerr, Jean -- Essay (1957), “Introduction,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

Dave — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:04:15 +0000

If you can keep your head when about you are losing theirs, it’s just possible you haven’t grasped the situation.

Jean Kerr (1922–2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1957), “Introduction,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
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See Kipling, "If --".