"Sorrow, it is said, will make even an oyster feel poetical. I never tried my hand at that sort of writing but on this particular occasion such was my state of feeling, that I began to fancy myself inspired; so I took pen in hand, and as usual I went ahead."

-- Davy Crockett

#Writing Quotes #Hands Quotes #Oysters Quotes

“The leaves do not change color from the blighting touch of the frost, but from the process of natural decay. They fall when the fruit has been ripened and their work is done. And their splendid change of coloring is but their graceful and beautiful surrender of life, when they have finished their summer offering of service to God and man.”
“Oh, escape is easy once you have the right plan.' 'Do we have the right plan?' 'Not yet.' 'Do we have any plan?' 'Not yet.”
“No way exists in the present to accurately determine the future effect of the least of our actions.”
“NATO as a political alliance does need to be relooked at in terms of everything - resourcing, capabilities.”
“I was always a big Justice League fan. I always loved Batman, Superman - I have a weird Martian Manhunter fixation.”
“The rainbow bursts like magic on mine eyes! In hues of ancient promise there imprest...”

Source : Charles Tennyson Turner, James Spedding (1880). “Collected Sonnets, Old and New”
“What joy when the insouciant armadillo glances at us and doesn't quicken his trotting across the track into the palm brush. What is this joy? That no animal falters, but knows what it must do?”
“You seek a false comfort when you demand that I define myself for you with words. Words do not contain or define any person. A heart can, if it is willing.”

Source : Robin Hobb (2014). “The Tawny Man Trilogy 3-Book Bundle: Fool's Errand, Golden Fool, Fool's Fate”, p.1574, Del Rey

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