"The California I knew, old rancho California, is gone. It just doesn't exist, except maybe in little pockets. I lived on the edge of the Mojave Desert, an area that used to be farm country. There were all these fresh-produce stands with avocados and date palms. You could get a dozen artichokes for a buck or something. Totally wiped out now."

-- Sam Shepard

#Country Quotes #California Quotes #Desert Quotes

“Good plays drive bad playgoers crazy.”
“Everyone must hoe his plot daily...”
“I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line.”
“An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.”

Source : Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.3, Cosimo, Inc.
“Health is more than the absence of disease. Health is about jobs and employment, education, the environment, and all of those things that go into making us healthy.”
“There are so few women in general who aren't completely threatened and confused by other women's success. It's very disappointing.”
“If we are wise, we never leave school.”

Source : Horace Fletcher (1895). “Menticulture: Or, The A-B-C of True Living”
“The highest love a person can have for you is to wish for you to evolve into the best person you can be.”

Source : David Viscott (1986). “The Language of Feelings”, Pocket

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