"Happy as a clam, is what my mother says for happy. I am happy as a clam: hard-shelled, firmly closed."

-- Margaret Atwood

#Mother Quotes #Clams Quotes

“Life is precious. Not because it is unchangeable, like a diamond, but because it is vulnerable, like a little bird. To love life means to love its vulnerability, asking for care, attention, guidance, and support. Life and death are connected by vulnerability. The newborn child and the dying elder both remind us of the preciousness of our lives. Let's not forget the preciousness and vulnerability of life during the times we are powerful, successful, and popular.”
“I hope that my achievements in life shall be these-that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered, and that I will have given help to those who were in need that I will have left the earth a better place for what I've done and who I've been.”
“Safety nets for the poor and disadvantaged are a must for any compassionate nation, but encouraging folks to go on the dole when not absolutely necessary is disgraceful.”
“I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.”

Source : "Zara Phillips: First Horses, Then Babies (Maybe)" by Simon Perry, people.com. September 7, 2011.
“The trouble with many religions, accused of wishful thinking, is that they are not wishful enough. They show a deplorable lack of imagination.”
“Tender are a mother's dreams, But her babe's not what he seems. See him plotting in his mind To grow up some other kind.”
“The artist looks for a subject. You know, a lot of new poets don't seem to have a subject. I don't totally understand that.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I long for the bulbs to arrive, for the early autumn chores are melancholy, but the planting of bulbs is the work of hope and is always thrilling.”

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