"No one survives in times of war unless they make war their home. How did I get so old and wise, but for welcoming war into my house and making friends with him? Better to befriend the enemy and hang on. Something worse might come along, which might be amusing or might not."

-- Gregory Maguire

#Wise Quotes #War Quotes #Home Quotes

“Don't be discouraged if you think you're not a great writer because terrible writers are successful in Hollywood”
“I manage to scrape together a private life, despite the press”
“A general message to "everyone" on the planet would go something along the lines of, "Make Love, Not War."”
“When I'm writing, I think about the garden, and when I'm in the garden I think about writing. I do a lot of writing by putting something in the ground.”
“A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what's good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy.”
“You entered a marathon with hills? You idiot.”
“Had Rahul Dravid been born in any country other than India, he would have been much more famous than Sachin Tendulkar.”
“Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.”

Source : Aldo Leopold (2013). “Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology: (Library of America #238)”, p.556, Library of America

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