"When they had eventually calmed down a bit, and had gotten home, Mr. Duncan put the magic pebble in an iron safe. Some day they might want to use it, but really, for now, what more could they wish for? They all had all that they wanted."

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Source : William Steig (1969). “Sylvester and the Magic Pebble”

William Steig

#Happiness Quotes #Home Quotes #Iron Quotes

“What is thy thought? There is no miracle? There is a great one, which thou hast not read, And never shalt escape. Thyself, O man, Thou art the miracle. Ay, thou thyself, Being in the world and of the world, thyself, Hast breathed in breath from Him that made the world. Thou art thy Father's copy of Himself,-- Thou art thy Father's miracle.”

Source : Jean Ingelow, “A Story Of Doom: Book Vii.”
“When learning becomes you, then it appears as you need it, when you are being you.”

Source : Chungliang Al Huang (2011). “Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain: The Essence of Tai Ji”, p.103, Singing Dragon
“If you are at first lonely, be patient. If you've not been alone much, or if when you were, you weren't okay with it, then just wait. You'll find it's fine to be alone once you're embracing it.”
“When I turned 36 I realised - the likelihood is that in four years time I'll be 40.”
“The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation.”
“There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.”
“What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out of the window.”

Source : "Shake Well Before Using: A New Collection of Impressions and Anecdotes, Mostly Humorous" by Bennett Cerf, (p. 118), 1948.
“I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out the real world.”

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