"The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life."

-- Betty Smith

#Children Quotes #Cities Quotes #Important Quotes

“Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.”
“So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.”
“And Potomac flowed calmly, scarce heaving her breast, With her low-lying billows all bright in the west, For a charm as from God lulled the waters to rest Of the fair rolling river.”

Source : Paul Hamilton Hayne (1970). “Poems of Paul Hamilton Hayne”
“Bliss is the ocean, a towel on the sand, the sun out, the chance to swim in waves or walk dragging a stick behind you, a good book, a cold drink.”
“Should the political process not work, there is always the other approach.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“The Bible is the Word of God in such a way that when the Bible speaks, God speaks.”
“Home. When it rains, you can smell the leaves in the forest and the sand. It's all so small and mild, the landscape surrounding the lake, so manageable. The leaves and the sand are so close, it's as if you might, if you wanted, pull them on over your head. And the lake always laps at the shore so gently, licking the hand you dip into it like a young dog, and the water is soft and shallow.”

Source : Jenny Erpenbeck (2011). “Visitation”, p.34, Granta Books
“What I loved about it was language-wise it wasn't that finely-tuned-perfect-insult-for-the-perfect-situation that sometimes we try and do on Veep.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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