"Or perhaps you notice a congregation of ladybugs on a rose stalk. Don't invoke the old nursery saying and ask them to fly away home. Their house is not on fire. Your roses are, with aphids, which the ladybugs are feeding on - and you can bless yourself that they have come to your rescue."

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Source : Eleanor Perenyi (2010). “Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden”, p.173, Modern Library

Eleanor Perenyi

#Home Quotes #Fire Quotes #Rose Quotes

“Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I'm cocky? Does that mean I'm arrogant?”
“The only advice anybody can give is, if you wanna be a writer, keep writing. And read all you can, read everything.”
“I don't think any other holiday embraces the food of the Midwest quite like Thanksgiving. There's roasted meat and mashed potatoes. But being here is also about heritage. Cleveland is really a giant melting pot - not only is my family a melting pot, but so is the city.”
“A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.”
“The law often permits what honor prohibits.”
“When you defile the pleasant streams, And the wild bird's abiding place, You massacre a million dreams, And cast your spittle in God's face”

Source : John Drinkwater (1919). “Poems, 1908-1919”
“From a leader's perspective, the most serious betrayal has to do with thwarting human potential, with quenching the spirit, with failing to deal equitably with each other as human beings.”
“When there's no way out, you just follow the way in front of you.”

Source : Stephen Mitchell (2014). “Gilgamesh”, p.43, Profile Books

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