Famous quotes containing the word keeping:
“He is keeping a candle burning in a shrine
where nobody comes,
there must be some mystery
in the air
about him.
I am almost afraid to think to myself,
why,
he is there.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)
“Most parents of adolescent girls have the goal of keeping their daughters safe while they grow up and explore the world. The parents’ job is to protect, the daughter’s job is to explore.”
—Mary Pipher (20th century)