"Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday. It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain. You can feel the silent and invisible life."

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Source : Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Gilead: A Novel”, p.20, Macmillan

Marilynne Robinson

#Rain Quotes #Sunday Quotes #Garden Quotes

“To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. [Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.]”
“Fortunately, as it pertains to guns, my dad and uncle introduced me to guns the way it needs to be done: smart, slow and safe.”
“It seems to me that more and more we've come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change.”
“Country seems to be finding a bigger audience. Certainly an audience out of the general country scene is finding me.”
“Eighty's a landmark and people treat you differently than they do when you're seventy-nine. At seventy-nine, if you drop something it just lies there. At eighty, people pick it up for you.”
“Anything can happen to anyone at any time and you shouldn't just live through the days, or you lose them. You should do what you can to enjoy every moment.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 26, 2014
“I know what the teaching is, but to realize the teaching in a life experience, the sh*t really is an opportunity to find out who we truly are. To really learn and to awaken to our potential.”
“If you want to become a chemist, you will have to ruin your health. If you don't ruin your health studying, you won't accomplish anything these days in chemistry. Liebig's advice to KekulÃ©.”

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