"How swiftly the strained honey of afternoon light flows into darkness and the closed bud shrugs off its special mystery in order to break into blossom: as if what exists, exists so that it can be lost and become precious"

-- Lisel Mueller

#Light Quotes #Order Quotes #Darkness Quotes

“There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech”
“No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.”

Source : Noah Webster (1843). “A Collection of Papers on Political, Literary, and Moral Subjects”, p.291
“You have this way of making me feel like I can fly.”
“My mom would spend a week in jail. She would spend a day in jail here - a week again, a week and a half, two weeks. My grandmother tells me stories of how because I would be at the house, I wouldn't notice that my mom was gone because she would be at work sometimes. So it was just like time when my mom would be gone and my grandma would tell me she'll be back. And nobody knew where anybody was.”
“Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.”
“Those who will not face improvements because they are changes, will face changes that are not improvements.”
“It may well be a sign of the decadence of the Church and the failure of Christianity that gifts have to be coaxed out of people, and that often they will not give at all unless they get something for their money in the way of entertainment or of goods. Giving which is real giving has a certain recklessness in it.”
“a king can only work with his best tools.”

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