10 quotes found
“Hed pushed it back, where hed kept the thought for weeks, but it wouldnt stay. Wouldnt stop. Wouldnt let him go.”
“My self is a thing that I must now compose...as one composes a speech. What I must present is a 'made' thing. Not something born.”
“It was clearly a lot more difficult in the field than in the office, where you could keep your distance and maintain a calculated composure. Being faced with real people was a far tougher call on o...”
“Although she was fragile in appearance, every prohibition lost substance in her presence.”
“Composure, a level head, a knowledge of what you want done, and why you want it done andfaith in your own ability to have it done gives composure to the whole school. Restlessness, lackof faith in ...”
“She (the First Lady, entering the room with her gravely wounded husband) would admit fear but not despair.”
“She had the experience to suffer with discretion.”
“He’d pushed it back, where he’d kept the thought for weeks, but it wouldn’t stay. Wouldn’t stop. Wouldn’t let him go.”
