"At first, she loved nought else but flowers, And then-she only loved the rose; And then-herself alone; and then- She knew not what, but now-she knows."

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Source : Ridgely Torrence (1900). “The House of a Hundred Lights”

Ridgely Torrence

#Life Quotes #Flower Quotes #Rose Quotes

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”

Source : Rachel Carson (2011). “The Sense of Wonder”, p.41, Open Road Media
“As you get older, your songwriting starts to become less and less about you, and especially when you have kids and a family. You start to see the world through other people's eyes a lot more to the point where it's hard to go back and relate to that "me against the world" perspective that I think a lot of my earlier songs were about. It's not so much about "me against the world," it's, how do you make the best possible future for your kids to grow up in?”
“An optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist sees the whole.”
“In winter there is no heat, no light, no noon, evening touches morning, there is fog, and mist, the window is frosted, and you cannot see clearly. The sky is but the mouth of a cave. The whole day is the cave.... Frightful season! Winter changes into stone the water of heaven and the heart of man.”
“It's actually shocking to me how hard it's been to get back into the movie business.”
“God does not ask for 'religious' art or 'Catholic' art. The art he wants for himself is Art, with all its teeth”

Source : Jacques Maritain, Jean Cocteau (2014). “Art and Faith: Letters between Jacques Maritain and Jean Cocteau”, p.47, Open Road Media
“I have always shook with fright before human beings. Unable as I was to feel the least particle of confidence in my ability to speak and act like a human being, I kept my solitary agonies locked in my breast. I kept my melancholy and my agitation hidden, careful lest any trace should be left exposed. I feigned an innocent optimism; I gradually perfected myself in the role of the farcical eccentric.”
“The future will be different if we make the present different.”

Source : Peter Maurin (2010). “Easy Essays”, p.61, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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