"In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when the trees are bare to the mild heavens, and the red leaves bestrew the road, and you can feel the breath of winter, morning and evening - no days so calm, so tenderly solemn, and with such a reverent meekness in the air."

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Source : Alexander Smith (1914). “Dreamthorp”

Alexander Smith

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“Someone told me much later that you always know the people who are going to make a difference in your life, from the very first time you set eyes on them, even if you do not like them at all. And I had noticed him, as he had me. God help us.”

Source : Sarah Dunant (2004). “The Birth of Venus: A Novel”, p.102, Random House
“I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.”
“Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.”

Source : Leo Tolstoy (2011). “War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky”, p.1118, Vintage
“I don't dislike my peers because they're still around and remind me of what I'm doing. I never liked them anyway. I never liked U2, the things they've done over the years.”
“You can't walk two steps without seeing a pregnant teen.”
“Is it not gain to have diminished the faith that it was the duty of the wretched and the miserable to be content with the lot in life which providence had awarded them?”
“Smart beauty is about looking your best and feeling your best and never overpaying for it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.”

Source : "Peter Zumthor: In pursuit of perfection" by Rowan Moore, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2011.

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