"Science is the poetry of the intellect and poetry the science of the heart's affections."

-- Lawrence Durrell

#Heart Quotes #Affection Quotes #Intellect Quotes

“I still come closest to success with drawing. When I use color the results are dubious, for these painfully gained experiences bear less fruit.”
“I'm not mad. I'm a writer.”
“It's harder to heal than it is to kill.”

Source : Tamora Pierce (2009). “Alanna: The First Adventure”, p.12, Simon and Schuster
“Curled up in bed, Iâ€™m young in the old way.”
“We must use time creatively.”
“It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.”

Source : "Stuart Saves His Family". www.imdb.com. 1995.
“The way to fly is to go straight up . . . Such a machine (the helicopter) will never compete with the aeroplane, though it will have specialized uses, and in these it will surpass the aeroplane. The fact that you can land at your front door is the reason you can't carry heavy loads efficiently.”
“There is more joy in heaven over a converted sinner than over a righteous person standing firm. A leader in battle has more love for a soldier who returns after fleeing, and who valiantly pursues the enemy, than for one who never turned back, but who never acted valiantly either. A farmer has greater love for land which bears fruitfully, after he has cleared it of thorns, than for land which never had thorns but which never yielded a fruitful harvest.”

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