"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home."

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Source : Edith Sitwell (2011). “Taken Care Of: An Autobiography”, p.176, A&C Black

Edith Sitwell

#Home Quotes #Winter Quotes #Fire Quotes

“All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.”

Source : John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.61, Taylor Trade Publications
“And he beholds the moon; like a rounded fragment of ice filled with motionless light.”
“You canâ€™t hate the roots of the tree without ending up hating the tree. You canâ€™t hate your origin without ending up hating yourself. You canâ€™t hate the land, your motherland, the place that you come from, and we canâ€™t hate Africa without ending up hating ourselves. The Black man in the Western Hemisphereâ€”North America, Central America, South America, and in the Caribbeanâ€”is the best example of how one can be made, skillfully, to hate himself that you can find anywhere on this earth.”
“I don't much mind being expelled from communities.”
“(Jim) Landis is such a good player because he plays every day as if he expects to be sent to the minors next week.”
“Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.”
“He's a lucky guy Cristiano, he always gets first row tickets to see Messi win his awards.”
“The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feeling. . . .”

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