"Poetry has never let me down. Without poetry, I would have found life less comprehensible, less bearable and infinitely less enjoyable."

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Source : "Josephine Hart obituary" by Lennie Goodings, www.theguardian.com. June 3, 2011.

Josephine Hart

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“Exposing students to lots of books and positive reading experiences while building a network of other readers who support each other provides students with tools that last beyond the classroom setting.”

Source : Donalyn Miller (2013). “Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits”, p.101, John Wiley & Sons
“I learned early that business is business and politics is politics. The proof is how few important businessmen have made good politicians. They may think that they are very smart about everything because they made millions of dollars by digging a hole in the ground and finding oil, but the talent and luck needed to become rich are not the same talent and luck needed to succeed on Parliament Hill.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“You ain't going nowhere, son. You ought to go back to driving a truck.”
“How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the Earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clear and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people.The perfumed flowers are our sisters, the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony, and the man, all belong to the same family.”
“I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok.”
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
“Miracles need people as much as people need miracles.”

Source : Amy Neftzger (2013). “The Orphanage of Miracles: The Kingdom Wars: Book One”, p.306, Field of Gold Publishing, Inc.
“After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.”

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