#herself

My mom has always said that the one thing she wishes she had done differently is have a job. She felt like the single-mindedness made her a little nuts sometimes, and she could have used an outlet for herself when we were little. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#could #differently #done #felt #had

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#dreamed #gives #glory #her #herself

I didn't write about my mother much in the third year after she died. I was still trying to get my argument straight: When her friends or our relatives wondered why I was still so hard on her, I could really lay out the case for what it had been like to be raised by someone who had loathed herself, her husband, even her own name. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#after #argument #been #case #could

I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#canada #cause #claim #future #her

I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself. ↗

— James A. Michener

#army #done #her #herself #i

It turns out that the 'Cry It Out' method of baby sleep training, where you ignore that your kid is screaming, crying and turning 40 shades of purple so that she can break herself out of the habit of being spoiled and cuddled to sleep, does more harm - way more - than good. ↗

— Denene Millner

#being #break #cry #crying #does

When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#cat #her #herself #i #knows

I got a Valentine's Day card from my girl. It said, 'Take my heart! Take my arms! Take my lips!' Which is just like her. Keeping the best part for herself. ↗

— Robert Orben

#best #best part #card #day #girl

A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a husband. Nor is a man's life perfect or whole till he has added to himself a wife. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#herself #himself #husband #life #man

Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them, and Mary herself could never look through them again to tell Laura what she was thinking without saying a word. ↗

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

#beautiful #before #blue #blue eyes #could