"To wake in that desert dawn was like waking in the heart of an opal. ... See the desert on a fine morning and die - if you can!"

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Source : Gertrude Bell (2012). “The Desert and the Sown: Travels in Palestine and Syria”, p.64, Courier Corporation

Gertrude Bell

#Morning Quotes #Heart Quotes #Dawn Quotes

“A thought is an idea in transit.”
“I know the Muslim psychology. It is all pomposity and bravado. I give you my word that if Islam is ridiculed publicly and systematically, it will be defeated. Shame is a great motivator as well as deterrent. Do not underestimate the power of ridicule. This is serious stuff not a laughing matter.”
“My mother was always supportive.”
“Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends; White are the decks with foam; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud: Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears; And instant death on every wave appears.”
“Bikers, in general, have just been so attractive to people. Photographers would follow them because there's this weird warrior gravitas that comes with it. The bikes are loud, they have tattoos, they have artwork that they all wear on their jackets.”

Source : "Kim Coates, Ryan Hurst and Theo Rossi Exclusive Interview SONS OF ANARCHY". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 6, 2011.
“What matters most to me is to take photographs; to continue taking them and not to repeat myself. To go further, to go as far as I can.”
“If you're lucky you find your way into a spiritual community and you start to find the great teachers of all the ages who said the same thing. There's only love, you're made of love.”
“Mother love has been much maligned. An over mothered boy may go through life expecting each new woman to love him the way his mother did. Her love may make any other love seem inadequate. But an unloved boy would be even more likely to idealize love. I don't think it's possible for a mother or father to love a child too much.”

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