"She bought seeds and raided nurseries and mulched and composted and spent full days with her hands full of earth, coaxing life our of the dry, dull grass my father had spent years pushing a mower over."

-- Sarah Dessen

#Father Quotes #Hands Quotes #Years Quotes

“The Old Testament is my favourite science fantasy reading.”
“I do find comedy difficult. I don't know why. Maybe I think about it too much. There's a tremendous amount of pressure to be funny.”
“USE COMMON SENSE. If somebody offers you a thousand dollars for this book, chances are their motives are not pure. Then again, a thousand dollars is a lot of money. Take the money and run.”

Source : Pseudonymous Bosch (2012). “This Isn't What It Looks Like: The Secret Series”, p.37, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“It is essential that we realize once and for all that man is much more of a sex creature than a moral creature. The former is inherent, the other is grafted on.”
“Our mind is always subject to being distracted by thoughts of what happened in the past and ideas of what could happen in the future, but the living experience is what is happening NOW.”
“It is the mind that makes one wise or ignorant, bound or emancipated.”
“Technology makes the world a new place.”
“Isn't that the greatest gift in the world-just not to care?”

Source : Nic Sheff (2012). “Tweak: Growing up on Crystal Meth”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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