"A great acacia, with its slender trunk And overpoise of multitudinous leaves. (In which a hundred fields might spill their dew And intense verdure, yet find room enough) Stood reconciling all the place with green."

-- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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“When you plant seeds in the garden, you donâ€™t dig them up every day to see if they have sprouted yet. You simply water them and clear away the weeds; you know that the seeds will grow in time. Similarly, just do your daily practice and cultivate a kind heart. Abandon impatience and instead be content creating the causes for goodness; the results will come when theyâ€™re ready.”
“You want to be the one that people piclk up the paper in the morning to see what you say.”
“I was still searching for someone to blame for my suffering. I really wanted someone to transfer my hate to, so that I could stop hating myself.”
“My granny Torrelli says when you are angry with someone, so angry you are thinking hateful things, so angry maybe you want to punch them, then you should think of the good things about them, and the nice things they've said, and why you liked them in the first place.”

Source : Sharon Creech (2009). “Granny Torrelli Makes Soup”, p.5, Harper Collins
“I am 100 percent supportive of the stand-alone bill to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' that Sens. Lieberman and Collins have now proposed, and indeed I will co-sponsor that legislation. It is time for this discriminatory policy to end, and I am willing to pursue any effective legislative path that could lead to that result”
“The Buggles was much more a studio environment idea, which we never actually took on the road.”
“People get way too much credit at funerals.”
“A man descending is propelled by inertia; the only initiative left him is whether or not he decides to enjoy the passing scene.”

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