"Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle."

-- Edgar Quinet

#Flower Quotes #Cities Quotes #Names Quotes

“Trust and communication is everything.”

Source : Source: www.nfl.com
“It's really sad to me that we even have to talk about diversity in the fashion world today. That I would love to change. Diversity should be normal.”
“There are only two reasons for buying a book, after all. Either we intend to read it, in which case most of us find a printed version preferable, or we don't intend to read it, in which case a printed version is absolutely essential.”

Source : Geoffrey Nunberg (2009). “The Years of Talking Dangerously”, p.122, PublicAffairs
“That's all very well as an abstract moral principle, Avril, a coffee-table theoretical construct, but there's no denying the sheer gratuitous pleasure to be derived from seeing members of the ruling class in pain and torment.”
“Understand is not the word; you are right, you can never really 'understand' about someone, anyone, even yourself. It is best to believe in them as human; feel that they are alive like you and need warmth, concern.”

Source : Rudy Wiebe (2011). “The Blue Mountains of China”, p.325, New Canadian Library
“Being a rock 'n' roll star ain't a part-time gig.”
“Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!”
“Terror acts powerfully upon the body, through the medium of the mind, and should be employed in the cure of madness.”

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