"Idleness, simon-pure, from which all manner of good springs like seed from a fallow soil, is sure to be misnamed and misconstrued ..."

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Source : Louise Imogen Guiney (1885). “Goose-quill Papers”

Louise Imogen Guiney

#Spring Quotes #Soil Quotes #Misconstrued Quotes

“...What you fear will not go away; it will take you into yourself and bless you and keep you. That's the world, and we all live there.”
“The word 'God' is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, and religious scripture a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can (for me) change this.”
“Death should be a celebration. Like a birthday. I want to go up like a rocket when my time comes, and fall down in a cloud of stars, and hear everyone go: ahh!”
“The woman who takes a woman lover lives dangerously in patriarchy.”
“You're my life, Elle. When we have our children, they'll be included in that circle and I'm not a man to lose everything. I want you as safe as possible." "So you don't think three protection dogs, a room filled with weapons, a panic room and house that eats people isn't just a little overkill?”
“As you know we are facing the end of the Western Civilization by having a market based strategy, we are bringing Western Civilization to its knees by selling private insurance plans on a website where people pick and choose.”
“We are equal beings and the universe is our relations with each other.”

Source : Thaddeus Golas (2002). “The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment”, p.4, Gibbs Smith
“Living out here, I have found that many creatures would prefer not to fight. But if your first instinct is to reach for your sword, you will never discover that.”

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