"...in the woods, if you stopped, if you grew still, you'd hear a whole new set of sounds, wind rasping through silhouetted leaves and the cries and chatter of blue jays and brown thrashers and redbirds and sparrows, the calling of crows and hawks, squirrels barking, frogs burping, the far braying of dogs, armadillos snorkeling through dead leaves..."

-- Tom Franklin

#Dog Quotes #Squirrels Quotes #Blue Quotes

“The makeup is simply an extension of the personality and colors, clothing, makeup all express something.”
“Taoism ... is the Religion of the Tao, a term meaning Path or Way, but denoting in this peculiar case the way, course or movement of the Universe, her processes and methods. In other words, Taoism is the Religion of Heaven and Earth, of the Cosmos, of the World or Nature in the broadest sense of these words. Hence we may call it Naturism.”

Source : Jan Jakob Maria de Groot (1892). “The Religious System of China: Its Ancient Forms, Evolution, History and Present Aspects, Manners, Custom and Social Institutions Connected Therewith”, p.66, Brill Archive
“Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul.”
“Ennui, the parent of expensive and ruinous vices.”
“If you do something with your whole heart and it's a mistake, you can live with that.”
“His very foot has music in 't As he comes up the stairs.”

Source : William Julius Mickle, Tobias George Smollett (1822). “The Poems of Mickle, and Smollett”, p.93
“I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.”
“You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'”

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