"What is the pattern that connects the crab to the lobster and the primrose to the orchid, and all of them to me, and me to you?"

-- Gregory Bateson

#Orchids Quotes #Lobster Quotes #Patterns Quotes

“Admonition never sinks so deeply on the heart as in the hour of trial; young, amiable as you are, life teems, I doubt not, with various blessings for you--blessings which you will know how to value properly, for early disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.”

Source : Regina Maria Roche (1870). “The Children of the Abbey: A Tale”, p.120
“Yes, Iâ€™m a mouse. Squeak, squeak. Now shoo-shoo back to your little bug friends,â€ said Rirped, picking up a hunk of dried beef. He tore a off a piece with his teeth and noticed Boots hadnâ€™t moved. He pulled back his lips to reveal a row of jagged teeth and gave her a sharp hiss.”
“The consideration of change over the century is about loss, though I think that social change is gain rather than loss.”
“People have only two or three adjectives to describe people in the public eye. And that's okay. As long as those adjectives aren't train wreck, mess, terrible.”
“Perfection belongs to narrated events, not to those we live.”

Source : Primo Levi (1995). “The Periodic Table”, Schocken
“No, indeed; I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all.”
“Children, when we go to the temple, do not hurry to have darshan, then make some offering and return home in a hurry. We should stand there patiently in silence for some time and try to visualize the beloved deity in our hearts. If possible, we should sit down and meditate. At each step, remember to do japa. Amma doesn't say that the offerings and worship are not necessary, but of all the offerings we make, what the Lord wants most is our hearts!”
“Everyone always says I'm a rapper, and that I'm exactly like Peaches and M.I.A. People just take any female artist and compare me to them.”

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