"The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky."

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#Winning Quotes #Sky Quotes #Tree Quotes

“You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.”

Source : "Whistler Stories". Book by Don Carlos Seitz, 1913.
“The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.”
“When I began work on my first book, The River of Doubt, which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelts 1914 descent of an unmapped river in the Amazon rainforest, I thought of it as a tale of adventure, exploration and extraordinary courage.”
“Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals' suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.”
“I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces.”
“Why can I write 'South' with some assurance that you'll know I mean Richmond and don't mean Phoenix? What is it that the South's boundaries enclose?”

Source : John Shelton Reed (1993). “My Tears Spoiled My Aim, and Other Reflections on Southern Culture”, p.5, University of Missouri Press
“The greatest gift you can give anyone is your undivided attention...”
“Billy Graham talks about how he doesn't judge people. I don't either. Some people I am just pissed at.”

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