"It is the next step forward on the path to the sunrise, and the sun is rising over a new heaven and a new earth."

-- M. Carey Thomas

#Heaven Quotes #Sunrise Quotes #Progress Quotes

“[..] and there are tons of people I hate so much that I wouldn't mind taking them out. But killing them wouldn't get me anywhere - that's the conclusion I always come to. If I'm going to pay for it in the end, I might as well let them live.”
“The manner of the country makes the usage of life there, and the land will not be lived in except in its own fashion.”

Source : Mary Hunter Austin, Marjorie Pryse (1987). “Stories from the Country of Lost Borders”, p.57, Rutgers University Press
“The tyranny of mankind; it was like the obstinate drip of water falling on a stone and hollowing it little by little; and this drip continued, falling obstinately, falling without pause on the souls of the children.”
“June has never looked more beautiful than she does now, unadorned and honest, vulnerable yet invincible.”
“In contemporary society [the typical lady] is an archaism, and can't hardly understand herself unless she knows her own history.”
“Children became an obsessive theme in Victorian culture at the same time that they were being exploited as never before. As the horrors of life multiplied for some children, the image of childhood was increasingly exalted. Children became the last symbols of purity in a world which was seen as increasingly ugly.”
“Great! He has indigestion, so let's torture him with cake.”
“I love traveling; it's, like, my perfect escape.”

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