Frightened Quote by Phyllis McGinley

“People are no longer sinful, they are only immature or underprivileged or frightened or, more particularly, sick.” quote by Phyllis McGinley — Download Open image

“People are no longer sinful, they are only immature or underprivileged or frightened or, more particularly, sick.”

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Tomorrow will come and today will pass, / But the hearts of the young are brittle as glass.

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The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession.

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What in me is pure conviction is simple prejudice in you.

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Megachurches. I can't be the only one frightened when our houses of worship sound like they could take on Godzilla.

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I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more.

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All your names I and my friend approve of or nearly all as to sense & expression, but I am frightened by their length & sound when compounded. As you will see I have taken deoxide and skaiode because they agree best with my natural standard East and West. I like Anode & Cathode better as to sound, but all…

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