"If an apple blossom or a ripe apple could tell its own story, it would be, still more than its own, the story of the sunshine that smiled upon it, of the winds that whispered to it, of the birds that sang around it, of the storms that visited it, and of the motherly tree that held it and fed it until its petals were unfolded and its form developed."

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Source : Lucy Larcom (1961). “A New England girlhood”

Lucy Larcom

#Sunshine Quotes #Apples Quotes #Wind Quotes

“Is the warming unprecedented? Probably not. There is abundant historical and proxy evidence for both hotter and cooler periods in human history. Is it our fault? Again, maybe. The correlation of increasing warmth with increasing carbon dioxide concentrations is particularly weak; that with solar energy and with ocean movements is much stronger.”
“The day I finished 'Twilight,' I came home and started bulking up. For 'New Moon,' I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was in 'Twilight.'”
“There are periods in history when change is necessary, and other periods when it is better to keep everything for the time as it is. The art of life is to be in the rhythm of your age.”

Source : Oswald Mosley (2012). “My Life - Oswald Mosley”, p.76, Black House Publishing Ltd
“A problem shared is a problem doubled.”
“Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.”

Source : Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.25, Scholastic Inc.
“For hardly any man dances when sober, unless he is insane. Nor does he dance while alone, nor at a respectable and moderate party. Dancing is the final phase of a wild party with fancy decorations and a multitude of delights.”
“God always looks after the fools and â€” and the United States.”
“You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.”

Source : Edgar Degas' remark to E. Rouart (1904), as quoted in Franois Fosca "Renoir: His Life and Work" (p. 274), 1961.

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