"Over the tops of it, beginning to dusk under a young white moon, trailed a wavering ghost of smoke, and at the end of it I came upon the Pocket Hunter making a dry camp in the friendly scrub."

-- Mary Hunter Austin

#Moon Quotes #White Quotes #Friendly Quotes

“The central industry of modern civilisation, tending, because of its control over materials, to spread into and ultimately incorporate older industries such as mining, smelting, oil- refining, textiles, rubber, building, and even agriculture in respect to fertilizers and food processing.”

Source : John Desmond Bernal (1965). “Science in history”
“Courage and confidence are what decision making is all about.”
“Yeah, I had a tremendous time shooting in Nebraska. I like that state a lot, all over it.”
“People misinterpret my passion for anger.”
“Nothing overshadows truth so much as authority.”
“The fundamental purpose of school is learning, not teaching.”
“My thoughts went round and round and it occurred to me that if I ever wrote a novel it would be of the 'stream of consciousness' type and deal with an hour in the life of a woman at the sink.”

Source : Barbara Pym (2006). “Excellent Women”, p.120, Penguin
“Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.”

Source : Twitter post from Sep 30, 2014

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