"As I watched the pulsing fire among the trees and heard the beat of the drum merge and tremble with the voices, forming an intricate pattern of sound, I knew that someday I would have to return or be haunted forever by the beauty and mystery that is Africa."

-- Gerald Durrell

#Voice Quotes #Fire Quotes #Tree Quotes

“If the Bible will not give eternal benefits to homosexuals, if they cannot inherit the kingdom of God, why, Klingenschmitt asked, on this world, should they get bonus pay or employment benefits?”
“My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.”
“I was working probably at the age of 10, when I had my first paper route. I had every different kind of job you could possibly imagine as a young kid.”
“I've determined the ideal job for me is one where I can write clever essays about my life and my employer will give me enough money not only to live a comfortable existence, but also to buy many, many new pairs of shoes.”
“If Beethoven were sent to nursery school today, they would medicate him, and he would be a postal clerk.”
“I'm endlessly amazed by what people are capable of, and incapable of.”
“There's always something to occupy the inquiring mind.”
“Leaves are verbs that conjugate the seasons.”

Source : Gretel Ehrlich (1986). “The Solace of Open Spaces”, Penguin Group USA

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