It is the leisured, I have noticed, who rebel the most at an interruption of routine. - Phyllis McGinley

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If I'm walking down the street and someone stops me and says, "Oh! A song that you wrote meant a lot to me, and I listened to it after I went to my sister's funeral," that's when it hits me.

Phyllis McGinley

It is the leisured, I have noticed, who rebel the most at an interruption of routine.

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How happy is the Optimist
To whom life shows its sunny side
His horse may lose, his ship may list,
But he always sees the funny side.

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For the hearts of nurses are solid gold,
But their heels are flat and their hands are cold,
And their voices lilt with a lilt that's falser
Than the smile of an exhibition waltzer.
Yes, nurses can cure you, nurses restore you,
But nurses are bound that they do things for you.

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Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.

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Aunts are discreet, a little shy
By instinct. They forbear to pry.

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Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy

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