"Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life."

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Source : Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “Prodigal Summer”, p.215, Faber & Faber

Barbara Kingsolver

#Bird Quotes #Safe Quotes #Nests Quotes

“Of the eternal corporeal substance (which is not producible ex nihilo , nor reducible ad nihilum , but rarefiable, condensable, formable, arrangeable, and "fashionable") the composition is dissolved, the complexion is changed, the figure is modified, the being is altered, the fortune is varied, only the elements remaining what they are in substance, that same principle persevering which was always the one material principle, which is the true substance of things, eternal, ingenerable and incorruptible.”
“Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge - they will be both moral and national if you follow your inspiration freely.”
“No cause, no God, no abstract idea can justify the mass slaughter of innocents.”

Source : Edward W. Said (2007). “From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map: Essays”, p.117, Vintage
“Johnson Publishing offered me an opportunity to build back iconic brands like Ebony and Jet magazines.”
“When you're used to making your money a certain way, especially when you fall in love with the way you're doing it, going back to pursue your true passion can be kind of nerve wracking.”

Source : Source: youknowigotsoul.com
“Dread of night. Dread of not-night.”
“For many of us, the hospital was as much a refuge as it was a prison. Though we were cut off from the world and all the trouble we enjoyed stirring up out there, we were also cut off from the demands and expectations that had driven us crazy. What could be expected of us now that we were stowed away in a loony bin?”
“The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.”

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