"There is no rose without thorns."

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Source : Pam Muñoz Ryan (2012). “Esperanza Rising”, p.14, Scholastic Inc.

Pam MuÃ±oz Ryan

#Rose Quotes #Thorns Quotes

“I don't think you need to go looking for the enemy. He's going to look for you.”
“In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.”
“Apparently being a mermaid is dead dull. I watched The Little Mermaid with her once a few years agoâ€”she thought it was freaking hilarious. She couldnâ€™t stop laughing about the shell-bra thing, given that mermaids arenâ€™t mammals. Plus, as she put it, Prince Eric was far too hairy and â€œpeach coloredâ€ for her taste. I always thought he was pretty hot, but then again, I am a mammal.”
“To have a child is to be impaled daily on the spike of responsibility.”

Source : Steve Toltz (2008). “A Fraction of the Whole”, p.196, Spiegel & Grau
“We look, but we don't really see; we hear, but we don't really listen.”
“Creators start at the end. First they have an idea of what they want to create. Sometimes this is idea is general, and sometimes it is specific. Before you can create what you want you want to create, you must know what you are after, what you want to bring into being.”

Source : Robert Fritz (2014). “The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life”, p.51, Butterworth-Heinemann
“The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.”
“Moviegoers like to believe that those they have made stars are great actors. People used to say that Gary Cooper was a fine actor probably because when they looked in his face they were ready to give him their power of attorney.”

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