"Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the special treats for people like us who lived out in the wilderness. Rich city folks, he'd say, lived in fancy apartments, but their air was so polluted they couldn't even see the stars. We'd have to be out of our minds to want to trade places with any of them."

-- Jeannette Walls

#Stars Quotes #Cities Quotes #Air Quotes

“On the ground of our own goodness we cannot expect to have our prayers answered. But Jesus is worthy, and for His sake we may have our prayers answered. There is nothing too choice, too costly, or too great for God to give Him. He is worthy. He is the spotless, holy Child, who under all circumstances acted according to the mind of God. And if we trust in Him, if we hide in Him, if we put Him forward and ourselves in the background, depend on Him and plead His name, we may expect to have our prayers answered.”
“Guys don't adapt as well as women do to getting their heart broken for the first time. It's tragic.”
“The way humanity manages or mismanages its nature-based assets, including pollinators, will in part define our collective future in the 21st century,”

Source : "Globalisation and agriculture industry exacerbating bee decline, says UN" by Fiona Harvey, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2011.
“Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy.”
“You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.”
“I live with the things that I love: art, furniture, and objects that I have collected throughout my travels.”
“The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over.”
“Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with.”

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