"Through the dripping weeks that follow One another slow, and soak Summer's extinguished fire and autumn's drifting smoke."

-- Alfred Austin

#Summer Quotes #Autumn Quotes #Fire Quotes

“Teach your children that they need nothing exterior to themselves to be happy, no person, place or thing, and that true happiness is found within.”
“To eat well, I always disagree with critics who say that all restaurants should be fine dining. You can get a Michelin star if you serve the best hamburger in the world.”
“Intestine war no more our passions wage, And giddy factions bear away their rage.”
“The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group.”
“You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it...Besides, where are your men and appliances of war to contend against them?”
“For the span of my memory, this has been a city of opposing wills.”

Source : Mari Evans (2006). “Clarity as Concept: A Poet's Perspective : a Collection of Essays”
“True patriots believe that we should measure a citizen's worth by contribution to country and community, not by wealth or power-that those whom America has benefited most should contribute in proportion to their good fortune-and that serving others should be esteemed more highly than serving self.”

Source : Eric Liu, Nick Hanauer (2012). “The True Patriot”, p.20, Sasquatch Books
“I don't know how I look, but I know how I feel: Young. Goofy. Infinite.”

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