"Once I spent a whole day there, a blade of grass in each hand to anchor me to the warm earth. I watched the sun rise, pass over my head and set. Ladybirds mated on my knuckle; a shrew nibbled a hole in my stocking while I tried not to laugh. Such a day was worth any punishment."

-- Emma Donoghue

#Hands Quotes #Anchors Quotes #Punishment Quotes

“So, timely you came, and well you chose, You came when most needed, my winter rose. From the snow I pluck you, and fondly press Your leaves 'twixt the leaves of my leaflessness.”

Source : Alfred Austin, “My Winter Rose”
“Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we understand is its prayer to the Great Spirit, for not only men, but all things and all beings pray to Him continually in differing ways.”
“The noblest part of a friend is an honest boldness in the notifying of errors. He that tells me of a fault, aiming at my good, I must think him wise and faithful--wise in spying that which I see not; faithful in a plain admonishment, not tainted with flattery.”
“Who on earth can feel any respect for a girl who chases?”
“It is life, more than death, that has no limits.”
“True in the game, as long as blood is blue in my veins I pour my Heineken brew to my deceased crew on memory lane”
“If you do the best work you can, the reward is ultimately your self-satisfaction - the sense that you have done the best you can. And then there's that piece of how others respond.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“I don't believe that when you are 25 you are over the hill. Fifty is the new 30.”

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