"Self carries grief as a pack mule carries the side bags, being careful between the trees to leave extra room."

-- Jane Hirshfield

#Grief Quotes #Self Quotes #Tree Quotes

“People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.”
“The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird.”
“We won't let history define our future. Our actions will do the talking. Our determination will turn doubters into believers.”
“I've always felt that stylists such as you have in America are ashamed of a car and are preoccupied with making it look like something else, like a submarine or an airship...As an engineer, I revolt against this.”

Source : "Alec Issigonis Dies; Auto Designer, 81, Introduced the Mini" by Constance L. Hays, www.nytimes.com. 1988.
“Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.”
“You can tell it's a poem because it's swimming in a little gel pack of white space. That shows it's a poem.”

Source : Nicholson Baker (2014). “The Paul Chowder Chronicles: The Anthologist and Traveling Sprinkler, Two Novels”, p.22, Penguin
“Living rationally and authentically does not mean that you map out your future by thinking carefully about what it would be like if you chose one path versus another path and then choosing on that basis.”
“Farms and food production should be, I submit, at least as important as who pierced their navel in Hollywood this week. Please tell me I'm not the only one who believes this. Please. As a culture, we think we're well educated, but I'm not sure that what we've learned necessarily helps us survive.”

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