"Ever try to hold a butterfly? It can't be done. You damage them," he said. 'As gentle as you try to be, you take the powder from their wings and they won't ever fly the same. It's kinder to let them go."

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Source : Susanna Kearsley (2011). “The Rose Garden”, p.34, Allison & Busby

Susanna Kearsley

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“I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in conversation.”
“In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.”
“Being liked for the way you looked is worse than not being liked at all.”
“I love learning languages, and actually computer code is another language as well.”
“I follow my inspiration to wherever it goes. I do want the fans to feel the fun and excitement about it, and I like for people to be able to make their own interpretations about my work. I don't like to overexplain it.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“Even when nuclear power plants go horribly wrong, they do less damage to the planet and its people than coal-burning stations operating normally.”
“Every country that aspires to become a nation needs its heroes, its eminent civic and moral leaders, and if it doesn't have them, it's our duty to invent them.”

Source : Rosario Ferré (1996). “Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories”, Plume Books
“I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang.”

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