"Nature I'll court in her sequester'd haunts, By mountain, meadow, streamlet, grove, or cell; Where the pois'd lark his evening ditty chants, And health, and peace, and contemplation dwell."

-- Tobias Smollett

#Country Quotes #Mountain Quotes #Contemplation Quotes

“There is an odd synchronicity in the way parallel lives veer to touch one another, change direction, and then come close again and again until they connect and hold for whatever it was that fate intended to happen.”

Source : Ann Rule (2013). “A Rose For Her Grave: And Other True Cases”, p.84, Planet Ann Rule, LLC
“Time just seems to fly away for a boy. That, I sâ€™pose, is why one day you wake up suddenly and you ainâ€™t a boy any longer.”

Source : Robert Ruark (1957). “The Old Man and The Boy”
“In the 20th century, the French managed to get a death on the myth that they produce the world's best food. The hype has been carefully orchestrated, and despite the fact that the most popular food in the last quarter has undoubtedly been Italian, the French have managed to maintain that mental grip.”
“If you do not bother to take the time to compose and to light properly, then you end up with something almost less than reality. You end up without the soul, the heart, the art of the moment.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view.”
“I know that in embarking on non-violence I shall be running what might be termed a mad risk. But the victories of truth have never been won without risks.”
“No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind.”
“I'm a guy who never wanted to hold a steady job, because I was worried about the monotony.”

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