"I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country."

-- Amos Bronson Alcott

#Country Quotes #Country Life Quotes #Born Quotes

“Even though conditions such as lack of sleep, insufficient food and various mental stresses may suggest that the inmates were bound to react in certain ways, in the final analysis it becomes clear that the sort of person the prisoner became was the result of an inner decision, and not the result of camp influences alone.”
“Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.”
“I have no stories to sell. A lot of my relationships are with civilians, and no one wants to hear about those.”
“May tender memories soften your grief, May fond recollection bring you relief, And may you find comfort and peace in the thought Of the joy that knowing your loved one brought... For time and space can never divide Or keep your loved one from your side. When memory paints in colors true, the happy hours that belonged to you.”
“Reality bites. Micron underlines that despite the market run-up recently, there's still no confidence about growth and earnings.”

Source : "Techs sink European markets", www.cnn.com. December 18, 2002.
“One of the striking things about doing research on Malcolm X, and I believe that most Malcolm X researchers could tell you their own stories, is that there's this paradox of the absence of critical information.”
“Where there is a living memory of struggle, they have a living memory of the rebellion. Where there's no struggle afterward the rebellion is forgotten.”

Source : "“Exiles From the Future”: An Interview with Vijay Prashad". Interview with Andrew Stewart, www.counterpunch.org. August 17, 2016.
“If people only knew what lies at the heart of my novels! What a tumult of desires these carefully written pages conceal! I sometimes have a loathing for the furious cravings that give me no peace except when I am working.”

Source : Julien Green (1964). “Diary, 1928-1957”, London, Collins

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