"This very act of planting a seed in the earth has in it to me something beautiful. I always do it with a joy that is largely mixed with awe."

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Source : Celia Thaxter (2008). “An Island Garden”, p.25, Applewood Books

Celia Thaxter

#Beautiful Quotes #Summer Quotes #Joy Quotes

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“Roarke cares very much for Beth and for me, and a few select others. But loves? I'm not sure he'd let himself risk quite that unstable an emotion.”
“The Greeks... labored under the delusion that their democracy was a guarantee of peace and plenty, not realizing that unrestrained majority rule always destroys freedom, puts the minority at the mercy of the mob, and works at cross-purposes to the effective use of human energy and individual initiative.”
“In a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.”
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“Parents must have the courage to say no, to defend truth, and to bear powerful testimony.”
“Let us be servants in order to be leaders.”

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