"The gift of water, air, soap, and time allows us to heal and relieve our psyche and soul."

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Source : Byllye Avery (1998). “An Altar of Words: Wisdom, Comfort, and Inspiration for African American Women”, Broadway

Byllye Avery

#Air Quotes #Water Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Western funerals: black hearses, and black horses, and fast-fading flowers. Why should black be the colour of death? Why not the colours of a sunset?”

Source : Daniele Varè (1954). “Novels of Yen-Ching”
“Certainly miscarriage is not invariably related to low thyroid function. There are many other possible causes. Yet soon after thyroid therapy first became available, it was found that patients with a history of miscarriages often had a history compatible with thyroid deficiency and that full-term pregnancies might follow treatment with thyroid.”
“Because my dad abused me, I was determined to never let a man tell me what to do. God clearly showed me that I needed to be a submissive wife if I wanted to be effective in ministry. The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God.”
“Art is the child of Nature.”
“Clockwork could not run counter to its nature. The seconds, minutes, and hours moved only forward. Patient, precise, and unstoppable. Memory was an indulgence, an illusion that broke like a wave upon the juggernaut of time. The past remained the past.”

Source : Matthew J. Kirby (2012). “The Clockwork Three”, p.155, Scholastic Inc.
“Failure is our most important product.”
“Photography is the dominant and fascinating and only folk art of the twentieth century.”

Source : "The world of Camera".
“If you don't have an effective teacher in front of the classroom, you won't change the trajectory for students.”

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