"Content is to the mind like moss to a tree; it bindeth it up so as to stop its growth."

-- Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

#Tree Quotes #Growth Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Professional intellectuals are the voice of a culture and are, therefore, its leaders, its integrators and its bodyguards.”
“Your life only gets better when you get better.”
“I will make arrangements for you and Portia to return to London the following day. I will be closing up the house. I am leaving England for a while." "For how long?" I asked him, determined to keep my composure. "Until I am quite recovered from you," he said evenly. "When will you return?" "Never.”

Source : Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent on the Moor”, p.235, MIRA
“There'sthemeat eaters and there'sus. And that'stheway I look at the world.”
“My dream is for my flowers to act as beacons and rallying points across the planet - bringing people together on a global scale and through my art start a global conversation.”
“I do believe that dreams are interpretable. Analysis and praxis have taught me so.”

Source : "INTERVIEW: Jill Alexander Essbaum, author of Hausfrau". Interview With Heather Scott Partington, electricliterature.com. March 12, 2015.
“Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.”
“I like to run, to go down the stairs, I'm one of those kind of people.”

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