"When Lawrence first found a gentian, a big single blue one, I remember feeling as if he had a strange communion with it, as if the gentian yielded up its blueness, its very essence, to him. Everything he met had the newness of a creation just that moment come into being."

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Source : Frieda Lawrence (2017). “Not I, But the Wind... by Frieda Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.31, Delphi Classics (Parts Edition) via PublishDrive

Frieda Lawrence

#Blue Quotes #Essence Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“I have a love of gear and pedals, from old pedals to new ones with new sounds. If I get depressed, I start looking for a certain type of pedal, learn the history, who and what it was made for, that kinda thing.”
“My mother told me to raise my kids with calculated neglect. They get their self-worth from doing what they can do and not having everything done for them.”

Source : "Lea Thompson Talks Parenting, DWTS And Taking Charge After 50". Interview with Caroline Presno, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 29, 2014.
“There are plenty of good reasons for fighting...but no good reason to ever hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty hates with you, too. Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side. It's that part of every man that finds all kinds of ugliness so attractive....it's that part of an imbecile that punishes and vilifies and makes war gladly.”
“All spiritual acts well-pleasing unto God, as faith, repentance, obedience, are supernatural; flesh and blood revealeth not these things.”
“All experience is great providing you live through it. If it kills you, you've gone too far.”
“All that matters is love and work.”
“I dream, therefore I become.”
“I come from a family of screamers. If they are trying to express any emotion or idea beyond pass the salt, it comes in shrieks.”

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