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Diminish Quotes

If I defer the grief I will diminish the gift.

Eavan Boland (2008). “Eavan Boland: A Critical Companion : Poetry, Prose, Interviews, Reviews and Criticism”, W W Norton & Company Incorporated

How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words.

Maurice Maeterlinck (2015). “The Treasure of the Humble: Works of Maeterlinck”, p.20, 谷月社

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.

Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.146, Crossing Press

Any woman's death diminishes me.

1974 Poems: Selected and New,'FromanOldHouse inAmerica,16'. See Donne 281:85.

It's better to wait for something that respects you than to go in so low that it diminishes what you've worked for.

"T.D. Jakes Talks: Second Chances, Humble Beginnings & Knowing Your Worth". Interview with Zon D’Amour, lasentinel.net. September 21, 2016.

Every civilian's death diminishes us, collectively.

"David Petraeus: the Danger Room Interview". Interview with Spencer Ackerman, www.wired.com. August 18, 2010.

oh how television diminishes everything.

Nancy Mitford, Charlotte Mosley (1993). “Love from Nancy: the letters of Nancy Mitford”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

That which serves our spirits enhances our bodies. That which diminishes our spirits diminishes our bodies.

Caroline Myss (2013). “Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing”, p.76, Harmony

I was born into big celebrity. It could only diminish.

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

The stress of an action diminishes rapidly after that action is performed.

Marshall Sylver (1997). “Passion Profit Power”, p.230, Simon and Schuster

All my life I've lived with a future which constantly diminishes but never vanishes.

Mark Doty (2009). “Heaven's Coast: A Memoir”, p.4, Harper Collins