"All the spring may be hidden in the single bud, and the low ground nest of the lark may hold the joy that is to herald the feet of many rose-red dawns."

-- Oscar Wilde

#Spring Quotes #Feet Quotes #Rose Quotes

“If some people read my fiction and see it as fundamentally about philosophical ideas, what it probably means is that these are pieces where the characters are not as alive and interesting as I meant them to be.”
“When you write, you want fame, fortune and personal satisfaction. You want to write what you want to write and feel it's good, and you want this to go on for hundreds of years. You're not likely ever to get all these things, and you're not likely to give up writing and commit suicide if you don't, but that is -- and should be -- your goal. Anything else is kind of piddling.”
“Let them not make me a stone and let them not spill me, otherwise kill me.”
“If you want success, you have to work hard at it and realize that it takes time; it doesn't come to you overnight.”

Source : "Vernon Davis: The NFL Playoffs Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.
“What I do feel the modern child lacks, when compared with the earlier generation, is concentration, and the sheer dogged grit to carry a long job through. ... Helping children to face up to a certain amount of drudgery, cheerfully and energetically, is one of the biggest problems that teachers, in these days of ubiquitous entertainment, have to face in our schools ...”

Source : Miss Read (1977). “Chronicles of Fairacre, Comprising Village School, Village Diary, and Storm in the Village”
“I always kinda liked our attic ghost. When I was a kid, I used to go up there and read stories to it. Show it my new toys. It's just an old spirit stuck between the worlds, right? What's to be scared of?"" ~Vic”
“We assume that we’re masters of our environment, rather than being a part of it.”
“I just chuck a bunch of words down and whether they find themselves into a song... I have lots of weird notes on my phone. I often come up with a phrase that I really like, I write it down and it stays in my notes folder, and when I'm writing I will scroll through and see if it kind of fits and if I can mould a verse around it.”

You may also like: