"I shall also take you forth and carve our names together in a yew tree, haloed with stars..."

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Source : Ted Hughes (2011). “Letters of Ted Hughes”, p.6, Faber & Faber

Ted Hughes

#Stars Quotes #Names Quotes #Tree Quotes

“How does God deal with your bitter heart? He reminds you that what you have is more important than what you don't have. You still have your relationship with God. No one can take that.”
“Tolerance and freedom of thought are the veritable antidotes to religious fanaticism.”
“I am a little older and understand the nature of the business - the older you get the more your skills supposedly diminish, but I think I am getting wiser in how to use my physical skills. That's the frustrating part when you put so much heart and desire into things and feel like you are not wanted.”
“I think that being thrown into instant fame must be, at times, difficult.”
“Young men, you who have any piety at all, what sort is it? Is it a hot-house plant, which must be framed and glassed, lest March, that bold young fellow, should shake the life out.of it in his rough play among the flowers? or is it a hardy shrub, which rejoices when the wild winds course along the heather or howl above the crest of Lebanon ' We need, believe me, the bravery of godliness to bear true witness for our Master now.”

Source : William Morley Punshon (1873). “Lectures and Sermons”, p.9, Adam, Stevenson
“Change begins within: the world is as you are.”
“Change yourself - you are in control.”
“Acceptance and awareness are the keys to freedom.”

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