"Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all."

-- Will Carleton

#Fall Quotes #Land Quotes #Ems Quotes

“Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.”

Source : Walker Evans (2004). “Many are Called”, p.202, Yale University Press
“And I can't complain. After all, only woemn are able really to love”

Source : "Snow Country".
“Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it.”

Source : "Local Color". Book by Truman Capote, 1950.
“She was privileged enough to feel at home anywhere, and to equate squalor with authenticity.”

Source : Nick Laird (2009). “Glover's mistake”
“To understand yourself is the key to wisdom.”
“When we share Christ, the Truth behind our transformation, we are offering people an opportunity to be transformed.”
“I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them.”
“Grass grows at last above all graves.”

Source : Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1879). “Friar Anselmo: And Other Poems”

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