"Our plants had now increased to 252: as they were all kept on shore at the tent I augmented the guard there, though from the general conduct of the natives there did not appear the least occasion for so much caution."

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Source : William Bligh (1838). “A narrative of the mutiny on board his majesty's ship Bounty”, p.22

William Bligh

#Tents Quotes #Plant Quotes #Caution Quotes

“He didn't like religion, hadn't liked it for years, but he adored churches, loved them like old scientific instruments whose time is long past but are nevertheless fascinating and strange.”

Source : Bruce Robinson (2015). “The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman”, p.43, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Isolated, so-called "pretty theorems" have even less value in the eyes of a modern mathematician than the discovery of a new "pretty flower" has to the scientific botanist, though the layman finds in these the chief charm of the respective sciences.”
“We usually reach success by putting the simple truths that we know into practice.”

Source : Assata Shakur (1987). “Assata: An Autobiography”, p.215, Zed Books
“I was always loud and obnoxious and giggly and funny.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Lord, teach us to step outside ourselves. Teach us to go out into the streets and manifest your love.”
“My house is to me as my castle, since the law has not the art to destroy it.”
“The blankets had fallen off and I stared down at her white back, the shoulder blades sticking out as if they wanted to grow into wings, poke through that skin. Little blades. She was helpless.”
“In my art I have tried to explain to myself life and its meaning. I have also tried to help others to clarify their lives.”

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