"What is nobler than a man wresting and wringing his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his brow and the break of his back for his wife and children!"

-- William Morris Hunt

#Children Quotes #Men Quotes #Sweat Quotes

“Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.”
“The reason we feel hurt and anger when things and people outside us let us down is because we believe those things and people shouldn't. Well, sorry, that's not life here on earth.”
“Someday your prince will come," I assure him. "And the first thing I'm going to say to him is, 'What took you so long?”
“Instead of criticizing, find out how to help.”
“But in the time it takes to say now, now is already over. It's already then.”

Source : Ruth Ozeki (2013). “A Tale for the Time Being”, p.88, Canongate Books
“Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.”
“The dream unites the grossest contradictions, permits impossibilities, sets aside the knowledge that influences us by day, and exposes us as ethically and morally obtuse.”
“It's my birthday today. I'm not 17 anymore. The 17 Janis Ian sang about where one learns the truth. But what she failed to mention is that you keep on learning truths after 17 and I want to keep on learning truths till the day I die.”

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