"Parks are but pavement disguised with a growth of grass."

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Source : George Gissing (2016). “The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft”, p.29, The Floating Press

George Gissing

#Cities Quotes #Growth Quotes #Pavement Quotes

“Both scientists and sages have told us what we already know to be true in our hearts: everything is connected. Therefore as we change, the world cannot help but change with us.”
“I do like to embed a fictional character firmly in an occupation.”
“The wind sounded of Mother Earth's forsaken and abandoned cries.”
“There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.”

Source : Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1846). “Thoughts on the Poets”, p.240
“We have enough to worry about with what's happening in our nation to worry about what's happening in California. Keep your feet grounded in your own backyard and together we're going to build communities that work.”
“On my first album I was wearing a lot of guys pants, baggy clothes and stuff like that. I was 17 and I was a little tomboy. And you would never see me wearing a dress or heels on my first record.”
“Maximising my wealth was never my chief thing.”
“I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion.”

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