"Certainly children are being encouraged far more than they were seventy-five years ago and are more accepted as they are."

-- Alice Mattison

#Children Quotes #Years Quotes #Accepted Quotes

“When you write on your own, you can write the extremes. No one else is watching and you can really go as far as you need to.”

Source : "A passage from India", www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2006.
“Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world... Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis.”
“My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size... has ever surpassed my courage.”

Source : Peter Paul Rubens, Toledo Museum of Art (1991). “The Crowning of Saint Catherine: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640”
“Lettuce, greens and celery, though much eaten, are worse than cabbage, being equally indigestible without the addition of condiments. Besides, the lettuce contains narcotic properties. It is said of Galen, that he used to obtain from a head of it, eaten on going to bed, all the good effects of a dose of opium.”

Source : William Andrus Alcott (1838). “The Young House-keeper: Or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery”, p.191
“Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.”
“Look at the sky. Itâ€™s not dark and black and without character. The black is, in fact deep blue. And over there: lighter blue and blowing through the blues and blackness the winds swirling through the air and then shining, burning, bursting through: the stars! And you see how they roar their light. Everywhere we look, the complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.”
“Fraud and deceit are anxious for your money. Be informed and prudent.”

Source : John Andreas Widtsoe, Leah Dunford Widtsoe (1938). “The word of wisdom: a modern interpretation”
“As a tender and loving friend is grieved at the unkindness of his friend... so is it with this tender and loving Spirit, who hath chosen our hearts for a habitation to dwell in.”

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