"And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms."

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Source : William Bradford (1952). “Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647”, p.62, Rutgers University Press

William Bradford

#Country Quotes #Winter Quotes #Storm Quotes

“I don't get involved in casting, budgets, location or promotion. Just the script. And, of course, the promotional tour. Which is fine with me - I'm a novelist.”
“Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.”
“It never felt real to me. I never felt I had complete ownership over Bond. Because you'd have these stupid one-liners - which I loathed - and I always felt phony doing them.”
“There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man.”
“I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head.”
“And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward.”
“It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess.”
“The wind picks up. It sends leaves scurrying for cover until a softer breeze blows through, settling them down again as if to say, Shhh, there, there, it's all right. One leaf still dances in the air. It spins higher and higher, defying gravity and logic, stretching for something just out of reach. It shall have to fall, of course. Eventually. But for now, I hold my breath, willing it to keep going, taking comfort in its struggle.”

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