"Country things are the necessary root of our life - and that remains true even of a rootless and tragically urban civilization. To live permanently away from the country is a form of slow death."

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Source : Esther Meynell (1940). “A Woman Talking”, London, Chapman & Hall [1940.]

Esther Meynell

#Country Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Roots Quotes

“Happy Day After Christmas, Merry Rest of the Year, even when Christmas is over, The Light of the World is Still Here!”

Source : FaceBook post by Matthew West from Dec 26, 2013
“Yet, when we talked, when we were together, she seemed so familiar. Seemed to know who I was, where I was coming from. She knew me better than I knew myself, I think. She was easy to be with. And I wanted to be with her, like all the time.”
“My day job is writing for television. So I've been on enough sets, and I know how things work.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul. With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal. Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale they say. He was made of snow but the children know how he came to life one day.”
“writers of novels are so busy being solitary that they haven't time to meet one another. But then, a writer learns nothing from a writer, conversationally. If a writer has anything witty, profound or quotable to say he doesn't say it. He's no fool. He writes it.”
“I didn't want to go to college. I wanted to move to Los Angeles right out of high school.”
“Our team, because of our depth and our talent, we were able to do that, and it turned into a special season as a result.”

Source : "Game Quotes: Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors - June 16". Interview, www.nba.com. June 17, 2015.
“Sweet Honey of Dagda, now I was babbling.”

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