"I can never see fashion models, lean angular cheeks, strutting hips and blooming hair, without thinking of the skulls at the catacombs in Lima, Peru."

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Naomi Shihab Nye

#Fashion Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Skulls Quotes

“My work's never been accepted by my family, but it's something I'll always carry on with.”
“The Bible is not a book of magic. It's a book of mystery. You can't just quote verses that support your prejudices or guarantee your health, wealth, and happiness and demand that God 'follow through' as promised. God is not limited to the words of Scripture. God is still speaking.”
“A blond in a red dress can do without introductions -- but not without a bodyguard.”
“If an apple blossom or a ripe apple could tell its own story, it would be, still more than its own, the story of the sunshine that smiled upon it, of the winds that whispered to it, of the birds that sang around it, of the storms that visited it, and of the motherly tree that held it and fed it until its petals were unfolded and its form developed.”

Source : Lucy Larcom (1961). “A New England girlhood”
“When something really extreme happens, you have to find a way to embrace that and include it in how you think about the character. Sometimes it's not easy.”
“People want to be happy, isn't that right? Haven't you heard it all your life? I want to be happy, people say. Well, aren't they? Don't we keep them moving, don't we give them fun? That's all we live for, isn't it? For pleasure, for titillation? And you must admit our culture provides plenty of these.”
“Go far - too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, through all your travels; for you'll find it certain.”

Source : Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Henry William Weber (1812). “The works of Beaumont and Fletcher: in fourteen volumes: with an introduction and explanatory notes”, p.376
“Suffering is a gift; in its hidden mercy”

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