"There are people who have a penchant for cities-more than that, a talent for them, a gift of sensing them, of feeling their rhythm and pulsebeats, as others have a highly developed music sense, or color reaction. It is a thing that cannot be acquired."

-- Edna Ferber

#Color Quotes #Cities Quotes #People Quotes

“The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.”
“If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music.”
“If you leave me here," the guy on the floor said, "he'll kill me tomorrow morning." Parker looked at him. "So you've still got tonight," he said.”
“I have never regretted our foolhardiness. Of course, we made mistakes, endless mistakes, but at least they were our own, just as the garden was our own.”

Source : Margery Fish (2011). “We Made a Garden”, p.9, Pavilion Books
“His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering. He was an insoluble problem. It was inconceivable how he had existed, how he had succeeded in getting so far, how he had managed to remain -- why he did not instantly disappear.”
“The most effective guard against delinquency is a father who is at the same time both strict and loving.”
“I'd rather live laughing for one year than live without laughing for one hundred.”
“Heather Lende's small town is populated with big hearts--she finds them on the beach, walking her granddaughters, in the stories of ordinary peoples' lives, and knits them into unforgettable tales. Find the Good is a treasure.”

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