"We are also rather concerned about our moorhen who went mad while we were in Italy and began to build a nest in a tree. ... she walks about in the tree, looking as uneasy yet persevering as a district visitor in a brothel."

-- Sylvia Townsend Warner

#Mad Quotes #Tree Quotes #Nests Quotes

“I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was a transient skill.”
“Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings And some are treasured for their markings - They cause the eyes to melt Or the body to shriek without pain.”

Source : Craig Raine (2016). “My Grandmother's Glass Eye: A Look at Poetry”, p.155, Atlantic Books Ltd
“My favorite place in the morning is in the shower with Eric.”
“Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.”
“The shortstop is a perfectly conditioned athlete. You're running out on relays all the time. You're covering second base. On every pitch, you're moving.”
“Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.”
“Music is silence, which in dreaming begins to sound”

Source : Max Picard (1963). “Man and Language”
“There is a common misconception that intelligence is synonymous with IQ. "Intelligence Quotient" or IQ was originally built to predict the academic aptitude of schoolchildren, and is nothing more than a measure of the skills needed for academic success. Intelligence, however, is a much broader concept that encompasses a person's level of skill for any of a number of subjects.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz

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