Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.

Quote by Walker Percy

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The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness...

The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness...

What she didn't understand, she being spiritual and seeing religion as spirit, was that it...

What she didn't understand, she being spiritual and seeing religion as spirit, was that it...

Why it is that of all the billions and billions of strange objects in the...

Why it is that of all the billions and billions of strange objects in the...

We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.

We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.

Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world....

Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world....

You can get all A's and still flunk life.

You can get all A's and still flunk life.

You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great...

You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great...

I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life....

I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life....

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.

A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.

Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I...

Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I...

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

Old age hath yet his honor and his toil. Death closes all; but something ere...

Old age hath yet his honor and his toil. Death closes all; but something ere...

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's...

There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's...

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced...

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced...

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of...

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of...

Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truth, passed on from...

Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truth, passed on from...

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife, Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour...

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife, Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour...

I would rather have an inferiority complex and be pleasantly surprised, than have a superiority...

I would rather have an inferiority complex and be pleasantly surprised, than have a superiority...