"I believe in the forest, and in the meadow, and in the night in which the corn grows."

-- Henry David Thoreau

#Believe Quotes #Night Quotes #Corn Quotes

“You donâ€™t swing where you sleep.”
“I know nothing about technology.”
“The path to Heaven is narrow, rough and full of wearisome and trying ascents, nor can it be trodden without great toil; and therefore wrong is their way, gross their error, and assured their ruin who, after the testimony of so many thousands of saints, will not learn where to settle their footing.”

Source : Saint Robert Southwell (1822). “Mary Magdalen's Funeral Tears: The Triumphs Over Death; and An Epistle of Comfort”, p.144
“How was she to tie herself to a man without permitting him to imprison her? And was there some means of acquiring things without those things possessing her?”
“I want to be someone that kids in my community look up to and want to strive to give back when they grow up.”
“The certain way to victory...lies in making everything on Imperial soil contribute to the war effort...combining the total material and spiritual strength of the nation...”

Source : "Suicide Squads: Axis and Allied Special Attack Weapons of World War II" by Richard O'Neill, (p. 267), 1981.
“Every library answers a twofold need, which is often also a twofold obsession: that of conserving certain objects (books) and that of organizing them in certain ways”
“Such platitudes as "If you believe it, it will happen," "If you give 100%, you get 100%," "Good things happen to good people" people utter when we don't know what else to say. There's comfort in platitudes, and every so often they're accurate, but mainly they're hollow words. It's a sign of how little we're able to directly address the world around us. The language of the times reveals our avoidance.”

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