"Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of the ego."

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Source : Anne Morrow Lindbergh (2002). “Wisdom from Gift from the Sea”, p.43, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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“Nothing so pretty to look at as my garden!”

Source : Mary Russell Mitford (1841). “The Works of Mary Russell Mitford: Prose and Verse ...”, p.186
“Marcus: Cherry? Jillian: My ten-year-old niece. Marcus: She's named after a piece of fruit? Jillian nodded. Jillian: So is her twin sister, Apple. Marcus: You're kidding me. Jillian: Unfortunately, I'm serious. Their father is fond of fruit pies and thought it would be cute. Marcus: And their mother didn't protest? Jillian: She thinks Steven's cute, so she gives him whatever he wants.”
“Look to the lilies how they grow! 'Twas thus the Saviour said, that we, Even in the simplest flowers that blow, God's ever-watchful care might see.”

Source : David Macbeth Moir (1860). “The Poetical Works of David Macbeth Moir [Delta]”, p.240
“My wife used to tell me one of my best qualities was that my feet don't smell, but I remember my brother's did when we were kids.”
“Success is taking what you know, and creating the best you that you can be.”
“Give the benefit of the doubt; assume that your beloved's intentions are life-enhancing and positive.”
“My rule has always been, write the next part of the book that you seem to know well. So I won't necessarily write chapter two after chapter one.”

Source : "Inside Justin Cronin's 'The Passage'". Interview with Christian Duchateau, www.cnn.com. May 15, 2011.
“They never pay the slaves enough so they can get free, just enough so they can stay alive and come back to work.”

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