"Coerced innocence is like an imprisoned lark,--open the door, and it is off forever. The bird that roams through the sky and the groves unrestrained knows how to dodge the hawk and protect itself; but the caged one, the moment it leaves its bars and bolts behind, is pounced upon by the fowler or the vulture."

-- Thomas Chandler Haliburton

#Doors Quotes #Sky Quotes #Bird Quotes

“The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel.”
“Given the diverse raiment life sports, one never knows what the guises of the gods may be.”

Source : Stephanie Mills (2003). “Epicurean Simplicity”, p.70, Island Press
“You have to jump into disaster with both feet.”
“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.”
“Whatever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it is soon over; but the inconvenience of it is perpetual, because it brings a man under everlasting jealousy and suspicion, so that he is not believed when he speaks the truth, nor trusted when perhaps he means honestly.”
“Honestly," she sighed, "I don't know what kind of life we'll have together, with me always flying off in one direction and you in the other." I smiled. "It's a good thing the world's round," I said.”
“An experience like that changes your perspective on life and on the world”
“To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.”

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