"A blight had fallen on the trees and shrubs; and the wind, at length beginning to break the unnatural stillness that had prevailed all day, sighed heavily from time to time, as though foretelling in grief the ravages of the coming storm. The bat skimmed in fantastic flights through the heavy air, and the ground was alive with crawling things, whose instinct brought them forth to swell and fatten in the rain."

-- Charles Dickens

#Grief Quotes #Rain Quotes #Air Quotes

“Here we are - despite the delays, the confusion, and the shadows en route - at last, or for the moment, where we always intended to be.”

Source : Julia Glass (2003). “Three Junes”, Vintage
“In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man must determine both what he is, and what others believe him to be.”
“It's also the environment that determines a considerable part of the growth and development of children.”

Source : "The Progressive". Interview with Ruth Conniff, June 1, 2002.
“we raise them for us; that means we owe them some respect. nature is creul but we dont have to be. i wouldnt want to have my guts ripped out by a lion. i'd much rather die in a slaughter house if it were done right.”
“When I was a child, I spoke like a child. When I was an adult, I no longer spoke like a child. When I became old and wise, I spoke again like a child. I wish I had spoken all my life like a child.”
“You were talking to that niche in the wall again, Gwyneth. I saw you." "Yes, but it's my favorite bit of wall, Gordon. I'd hurt its feelings if I didn't stop and talk to it.”

Source : Kerstin Gier (2011). “Ruby Red”, p.277, Macmillan
“Writing is not my problem, it is my solution.”
“What is a Professor of Poetry? How can poetry be professed?”

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