". . . the first spring in five free from the rumour of guns across the Channel, a spring anxious to make up for the cold winter, life bursting out after four years of death. All of England raised her face to the sun. . ."

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Source : Laurie R. King (2014). “The Beekeeper's Apprentice: or, On the Segregation of the Queen”, p.296, Macmillan

Laurie R. King

#Spring Quotes #Winter Quotes #Gun Quotes

“The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.”
“Last night at Carnegie Hall, Jack Benny played Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn lost.”
“I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.”
“The best diet is the one that can be sustained over the long term, combined with other healthful lifestyle behaviors.”
“With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.”
“Don't judge my problems when you don't know my purpose. I'm only struggling now so I can pull you through later.”
“There are no normal people, there are just different kinds of weird, all of it is human and all humanity is better than everything inhuman. So I urge you to keep expressing yourself as honestly as you can, and know that the backpedals and second-guesses really aren't necessary - they don't hurt but they're wasting your time - because when you are truly human, as we all are, and when that is your honest message to anyone, you are beyond reproach, there is no way to screw it up.”

Source : Redit AMA, www.reddit.com. August 22, 2012.
“The wound that's made by fire will heal,But the wound that's made by tongue will never heal.”

Source : "Tirukkural". Book by Thiruvalluvar, 1840.

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