"The apple was the first fruit of the world according to Genesis, but it was no Cox's Orange Pippin. God gave the crab apple and left the rest to man."

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Source : Jane Grigson (2007). “Jane Grigson's Fruit Book”, p.1, U of Nebraska Press

#Men Quotes #Apples Quotes #Orange Quotes

“Happy people are rarely interesting.”
“It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?”
“It's just this long overdue. These people [ex-Nazi brought to trial] should be grateful to the apathy that exists there that prevented them from being brought to trial earlier. All of the people that they committed crimes against had their lives snuffed out, some of them at very young ages. Some of them never had a chance to get married and have children.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“I don't rank competitions - every single one is the Olympics to me.”
“Because she favours solitude and indwelling, an artist can live a significantly more claustrophobic life that she had ever intended.”
“Whether or not anyone could have done it is not what's important. What is important is whether or not anyone would have done it.”
“Matt and I have set a date. Matt and I will tie the knot New Years Day in the town of Swampscott, Massachusetts. Reserve your hotel rooms now. I will be having a gay marriage.”
“Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.”

Source : Jean Toomer (2003). “The Uncollected Works of American Author Jean Toomer, 1894-1967”, Edwin Mellen Press

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