"Blind terror drove me on, with my flying stirrups whipping me into a frenzy. With no rider to carry I reached the kneeling riflemen first and they scattered as I came upon them."

-- Michael Morpurgo

#Flying Quotes #Kneeling Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.”
“To annihilate indigenous populations eventually paves the way to our own annihilation. They are the only people who practice sustainable living. We think they are relics of the past, but they may be the gatekeepers to our future.”

Source : Source: www.soldefter.com
“Toil on, son, and do not lose heart or hope. Let nothing you dismay. You are not utterly forsaken. I, too, am here--here in the darkness waiting, here attentive, here approving of your labor and your dream.”

Source : Thomas Wolfe (2016). “You Can't Go Home Again”, p.524, Thomas Wolfe
“All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.”
“I suppose he'll just have to do," she amended. "You'll have to suffer in silence with your male model...I feel for you." "Oh, stop it, Molly.”
“You plan and plan and plan then Africa happens”

Source : Mireya Mayor (2011). “Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey From NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer”, p.239, National Geographic Books
“'Fabulosity' is to get up when you've been kicked down, and it's not to go after who kicked you down.”

Source : "Couple of the Moment: Kimora & Djimon" by Marshall Heyman, www.harpersbazaar.com. January 14, 2008.
“We have no more thought of using our own powers to escape the arm of authorities than had the Apostles of old. No more are we ready to keep silent at man's behest when God commands us to speak. For it is, and must remain, the case that we must obey God rather than man.”

Source : "Religion in the Reich" by Michael Power, (p. 142), 1939.

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