"Then there is that other appeal, the stronger one, of spending, during certain parts of the year, a ten- or twelve- hour working day with bees, which are, when all is said and done, simply a bunch of bugs. But spending my days in close and intimate contact with creatures who are structured so differently from humans, and who get on with life in such a different way, is like being a visitor in an alien but ineffably engaging world."

-- Sue Hubbell

#Years Quotes #Stronger Quotes #World Quotes

“One must always regret that law of growth which renders necessary that kittens should spoil into demure cats, and bright, joyous school-girls develop into the spiritless, crystallized beings denominated young ladies.”
“The only truly shocking thing about last Tuesday's election is that the Democrats didn't do far worse, or as badly as they deserved.”
“People who say they're too busy to have lunch have a false impression of their own importance.”
“God doesn't want you to be addicted to anything in life except Him.”
“This is American leadership at its best. We stand with people who fight for their own freedom, and we rally other nations on behalf of our common security and common humanity.”
“If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.”
“Even sad stories are company. And perhaps that's why you might read such a chronicle, to look into a companionable darkness that isn't yours.”
“There's a kind of release And a kind of torment in every goodbye for every man.”

Source : Cecil Day Lewis (1992). “The Complete Poems of C. Day Lewis”, p.319, Stanford University Press

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