"There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age."

-- Bill Bryson

#Age Quotes #Lightning Quotes #Rolling Quotes

“I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing.”

Source : Richard Peck (2005). “The River Between Us”, p.42, Penguin
“A face at the window, a tap on the pane, who is it that wants me tonight in the rain?”

Source : "The Messenger at Night". "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.
“Some wedges are great but you can look like your feet are encased in cement.”
“Soldiers in arms! Defenders of our soil! Who from destruction save us; who from spoil Protect the sons of peace, who traffic or who toil; Would I could duly praise you, that each deed Your foe's might honor, and your friends might read.”
“If you could eavesdrop on everything said about you, you'd spend most of your time waiting for the subject to come up.”
“Surviving - that is the other name of a mourning whose possibility is never to be awaited.”
“As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.”
“In a nutshell, the fountain of happiness can be found in how you behave, what you think, and what goals you set every day of your life.”

Source : Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.65, Penguin

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