"I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch."

-- Ella Maillart

#Good Life Quotes #Desert Quotes #Green Quotes

“Man-made global warming was a potential serious threat, and NASA wanted Congress to fund new satellites to study the problem. It was a team effort to get that accomplished.”
“My life's long radiant Summer halts at last, And lo! beside my path way I behold Pursuing Autumn glide: nor frost nor cold Has heralded her presence; but a vast Sweet calm that comes not till the year has passed Its fevered solstice, and a tinge of gold Subdues the vivid colouring of bold And passion-hued emotions. I will cast My August days behind me with my May, Nor strive to drag them into Autumn's place, Nor swear I hope when I do but remember. Now violet and rose have had their day, I'll pluck the soberer asters with good grace And call September nothing but September.”
“It's funny how things work out sometimes.”
“The desire for truth is the highest of all desires, yet, it is still a desire. All desires must be given up for the real to be.....When all search ceases, it is the Supreme State.”
“The rule of the Morrell family was over, and Richard owned a used-car lot and Monica worked at a nail salon, until one day she got run over by a bus. Very sad.”
“I have everything in my house organized to an unnecessary T, and I love it! The only downside: I have no excuses for losing my to-do lists.”

Source : "It's Official: Awkward's Ashley Rickards Is Freaking Hilarious and She Shared Her Phone Pics to Prove It" by Caitlin Brody, www.glamour.com. September 20, 2012.
“You can't force someone to sell property in America,”

Source : "In recording said to be of Clippers' Sterling, racist claim denied" by Jason Hanna, Steve Almasy, www.cnn.com. May 8, 2014.
“Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.”

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