"When the ax came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us."

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Source : Alice Walker (1997). “Possessing the Secret of Joy”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

Alice Walker

#Funny Quotes #Tree Quotes #Forests Quotes

“I am not your God. Or if I am, I'm no God you can seek out for deliverance or explanation. I'm the kind of God who would eat you without compunction if I were hungry.”
“My mom said I was a handful. Now I'm helpful.”
“You only understand information relative to what you already understand.”

Source : Richard Saul Wurman, Loring Leifer, David Sume (2001). “Information Anxiety 2”, Que Pub
“The Christians tried to separate themselves from the Jewish crowd so they wouldn't be the recipients of the persecution of the Romans. And the way they did it was to say, the Jews killed our hero too. And so Christians began to define themselves over against the orthodox party of the Jews as a way of surviving against the Roman onslaught.”
“Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.”
“There are three steps you have to complete to become a professional dancer: learn to dance, learn to perform, and learn how to cope with injuries.”
“Half the people said that their lives had become better after a life crisis as a result of changes they made; some said the benefits and downsides balanced each other out; a smaller proportion said they never really recovered.”
“I became the butterfly. I got out of the cocoon, and I flew.”

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