"I listened to a lot of stories when I was a kid. My mother told me stories, and I loved them."

-- John D. Voelker

#Mother Quotes #Kids Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I'm still agnostic. But in the words of Elton Richards, I'm now a reverant agnostic. Which isn't an oxymoron, I swear. I now believe that whether or not there's a God, there is such a thing as sacredness. Life is sacred. The Sabbath can be a sacred day. Prayer can be a sacred ritual. There is something transcendent, beyond the everyday. It's possible that humans created this sacredness ourselves, but that doesn't take away from its power or importance.”
“I travelled among unknown men, In lands beyond the sea; Nor England! did I know till then What love I bore to thee.”
“Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.”

Source : Dick Francis (2004). “To the Hilt”, p.3, Penguin
“There is a vast world of work out there in this country, where at least 111 million people are employed in this country alone - many of whom are bored out of their minds. All day long.”
“Writers and artists build by hand little worlds that they hope might effect change in real minds, in the real world where stories are read. A story can make us cry and laugh, break our hearts, or make us angry enough to change the world.”
“Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.”
“I have a husband and four rescue dogs. There is no option of no dogs on the bed. This is how I know my husband will be a good father someday. The pit bull sleeps on top of my husband. On top of him! He has to remove her sometimes because she snores too loudly into his ear and he can't take it. But he moves her in such a cute, gentle way, and he doesn't care about fur on the bed.”
“I like to think of myself as being fashion-conscious without being a slave to fashion.”

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