"Look upon yourself as a tree planted beside the water, which bears its fruit in due season; the more it is shaken by the wind, the deeper it strikes its roots into the ground."

-- Margaret Mary Alacoque

#Roots Quotes #Wind Quotes #Water Quotes

“Many young women are less whole and androgynous than they were at age ten. They are more appearance-conscious and sex-conscious. They are quieter, more fearful of holding strong opinions, more careful what they say and less honest. They are more likely to second-guess themselves and to be self-critical. They are bigger worriers and more effective people pleasers. They are less likely to play sports, love math and science and plan on being president. They hide their intelligence. Many must fight for years to regain all the territory they lost.”
“A republic - if you can keep it - is about limitation, and for good reason, because we are mortal and our actions are imperfect.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.”
“Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces.”
“The sigh of History rises over ruins, not over landscapes, and in the Antilles there are few ruins to sigh over, apart from the ruins of sugar estates and abandoned forts.”

Source : Derek Walcott (2014). “What the Twilight Says: Essays”, p.68, Macmillan
“There are few of us, if any, who don't walk the refiner's fire of adversity and despair, sometimes known to others but for many quietly hidden and privately endured. Most of the heartache, pain, and suffering we would not choose today. But we did choose. We chose when we could see the complete plan. We chose when we had a clear vision of the Savior's rescue of us. And if our faith and understanding were as clear today as it was when we first made that choice, I believe we would choose again.”
“Coffee isn't my cup of tea.”
“It's all about... getting back up and getting back to work and striving to be the best you can be.”

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