"Last night, there came a frost, which has done great damage to my garden.... It is sad that Nature will play such tricks on us poor mortals, inviting us with sunny smiles to confide in her, and then, when we are entirely within her power, striking us to the heart."

-- Nathaniel Hawthorne

#Nature Quotes #Heart Quotes #Night Quotes

“The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind”
“Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.”

Source : Isaac Barrow (1831). “The works of Dr. Isaac Barrow”, p.280
“The real beauty of the time we're living through is that we can deploy our self-image in ways that can have radical social implications.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“One evening, when I was yet in my nurse's arms, I wanted to touch the tea urn, which was boiling merrily ... My nurse would have taken me away from the urn, but my mother said "Let him touch it." So I touched it - and that was my first lesson in the meaning of liberty.”
“For who will testify, who will accurately describe our lives if we do not do it ourselves?”

Source : Faye Moskowitz (2011). “And the Bridge Is Love”, p.32, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.”
“I guess my styleâ€™s a little edgy but comfortable. I like being comfortable, for sure, and kind of casual.”
“I was not a very fearful kid, really.”

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