#often

Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#between #books #calls #gray #gray area

Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. ↗

— William Congreve

#bend #charms #oak #rocks #savage

A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment. ↗

— Marshall Field

#control #controlled #exercise #judgment #man

Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot. They're often much happier, because they don't go through all the variety of conceptions of the person they love. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#conceptions #go #happier #lot #love

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#confess #course #diet #eat #found

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#best #cherished #failed #folly #life

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#defeated #heads #hearts #often #prudence

Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#fruit #money #often #root

Everyone that I've talked to who's been to space has thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and what you often hear them say is: It was great, but we just had to come home. ↗

— Laurel Clark

#come #enjoyed #everyone #experience #great

Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time. ↗

— Suzanne Fields

#both #humor #insult #often #powerful