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the ability to fall apart beautifully without taking anyone down with you
means Effortless elegance of movement or manner, or the quality of acting with kindness, mercy, and dignity — especially under pressure.
from From Latin gratia, meaning favor, charm, or thankfulness, rooted in gratus, 'pleasing, grateful.' It flowed into Old French as grace and arrived in English in the Middle Ages, carrying both the social sense (a pleasing manner) and the theological one (unearned divine favor). The same root blesses 'gratitude,' 'gratis,' and 'grateful' — and lingers in the 'grace' we say before meals, a small thank-you to whatever gave us the food.
- latin root
- From gratia, meaning favor freely given
- physics defied
- Grace makes hard things look weightless
- period of mercy
- A grace period delays consequences without erasing them
- three sisters
- Greek Graces personified charm, beauty, creativity
- unearned gift
- By definition, never something you can deserve
grace hopper — computer scientist who invented the first compiler, born 1906
grace jones — jamaican-american artist and performer known for avant-garde music and fashion since the 1970s
grace cathedral — episcopal cathedral in san francisco, completed 1964