132 Quotes by Kathleen Norris

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    Friendship is an art, and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it.

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    Spring seems far off, impossible, but it is coming. Already there is dusk instead of darkness at five in the afternoon; already hope is stirring at the edges of the day.

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    Each and every one of us has one obligation, during the bewildered days of our pilgrimage here: the saving of his own soul, and secondarily and incidentally thereby affecting for good such other souls as come under our influence.

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    The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread, and doing laundry.

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    When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?

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    The very nature of marriage means saying yes before you know what it will cost. Though you may say the “I do” of the wedding ritual in all sincerity, it is the testing of that vow over time that makes you married.

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