"Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts."

-- St. Jerome

#Book Quotes #Hands Quotes #May Quotes

“When the snow is still blowing against the window-pane in January and February and the wild winds are howling without, what pleasure it is to plan for summer that is to be.”

Source : Celia Thaxter (2008). “An Island Garden”, p.15, Applewood Books
“does one ever say the same thing in the same way to two different people?”
“I spend half my time in Montana, the other half in New York City. In unique ways, both places help me unwind, and both are the most satisfying places to live I can imagine.”
“Entangled between a dream and a coma.”
“Anytime you are with a horse, no matter if you are a daily rider or one who just gets a chance to ride to the mailbox, you are interacting with your horse. It is all about the quality of the communication, not the quantity. Doing something right once in a while will far surpass anything done wrong more often.”
“Love is a verb, not a noun. It is active. Love is not just feelings of passion and romance. It is behavior.”
“Rules like 'don't wear white after Labor Day' or 'shoes matching the handbag' are antiquated. Modern women should feel free to experiment.”
“You cannot spend two thousand years trying to understand God and then simply abandon the question and declare that we’re not interested in it anymore.”

Source : "We Cannot Retreat To Atheism". Interview with Alexander Görlach, www.theeuropean-magazine.com. September 3, 2012.

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