"Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of their character, though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning."

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Source : "Letters from New York". Book by Lydia Maria Child, Letter No. 26, 1843.

Lydia M. Child

#Love Quotes #Flower Quotes #Angel Quotes

“As the rising sun melts thinly frozen ice, so the Japanese Army is overcoming Chinese troops.”

Source : "Objective: Limited", Time Magazine, December 20, 1943.
“Maybe that was the secret of happiness--not expecting any one thing to last forever.”
“Self-absorption is always a temptation to young people, and if their religion is of a sort to add to this self-absorption, I feel that it is a serious mistake. If I had my way, the whole subject of feelings and emotions in the religious life would be absolutely ignored. Feelings there will be, doubtless, but they must not be in the least depended on, nor in any sense taken as the test or gauge of one's religion. They ought to be left out of the calculation entirely. You may feel good or you may feel bad, but neither the good feeling nor the bad feeling affects the real thing.”
“Do I get up every morning and ask: am I doing the things that I believe in and am I doing them for the best possible motives? Yes. Unambiguously yes.”
“Im attracted to things that are challenging and fun and interesting, and it certainly seems that audiences enjoy them as well.”
“The Doors movie is a pack of lies. It did not make money. You want to make money in America? Tell the truth.”
“When you absolutely believe in yourself and your ability to succeed, nothing will stop you.”
“Most of the people who have grabbed hold of climate change and greenhouse gases, pollution, oil dependency - they have another motive, and their motive is to attain the appearance of virtue without having actually done anything virtuous.”

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