"It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn."

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Source : Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.433, Penguin

Emily Bronte

#Bending Quotes

“Dissonance cannot be corrected by criticism.”
“Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand. Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!”
“The apostolic writings are of three kinds: historical, didactic, and prophetic.”

Source : Philip Schaff (2013). “Church History”, p.462, Lulu Press, Inc
“Those who are excluded from meaningful work are, by an large, excluded from meaningful play.”

Source : "Individualism Reconsidered". Book by David Riesman, p. 333, 1954.
“I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.”
“Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, and delicately balanced to provide exactly the conditions required to support life. In the absence of an absurdly improbable accident, the observations of modern science seem to suggest an underlying, one might say, supernatural plan.”
“It is asserted by most respectable writers upon our government, that a well-regulated militia, composed of the yeomanry of the country, have ever been considered the bulwark of a free people. Tyrants have never placed any confidence on a militia composed of freemen.”
“A liberal is a man who will give away everything he doesn't own.”

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