#quietly

Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away. ↗

— Doug Larson

#knocks #most #opportunity #opportunity knocks #quietly

My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on. ↗

— Lance Loud

#became #life #quietly #shock #shocks

I'm not a media darling. I'm not on the cover of all these magazines. I just quietly do my thing. ↗

— Sarah McLachlan

#darling #i #just #magazines #media

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#imagination #led #mob #nose #quietly

Mitt doesn't like to talk about how he has helped others because he sees it as a privilege, not a political talking point. And we're no different than the millions of Americans who quietly help their neighbors, their churches and their communities. They don't do it so that other will think more of them. They do it because there is no greater joy. ↗

— Ann Romney

#because #churches #communities #different #greater

But we want peace, I would move all my people down this way. I could then keep them all quietly near camp. ↗

— Black Kettle

#could #down #his way #i #keep

A ship's engine far away on the water expands the summer-night horizon. Both joy and sorrow swell in the dew's magnifying glass. Without really knowing, we divine; our life has a sister ship, following quietly another route. While the sun blazes behind the islands. ↗

— Tomas Transtromer

#away #behind #blazes #both #dew

Our essential differences from the norm are both huge and deeply offensive to those among us who wish to be quietly integrated into society without particular reference to our nature. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#both #deeply #differences #essential #huge

Sad and sweet and wise Here a child reposes; Dust is on his eyes, Quietly he lies - Satan, strew Roses. ↗

— Robert Williams Buchanan

#dust #eyes #here #his #lies

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ↗

— Erich Segal

#banners #bells #checked #comes #ears