"Crystals grew inside rock like arithmetic flowers. They lengthened and spread, added plane to plane in an awed and perfect obedience to an absolute geometry that even stones - maybe only the stones - understood."

-- Annie Dillard

#Fear Quotes #Flower Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“Dream it. Dare it. Do it.”
“To judge from the history of mankind, we shall be compelled to conclude, that the fiery and destructive passions of war, reign in the human breast, with much more powerful sway, than the mild and beneficent sentiments of peace.”
“Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.”
“In the beginning, sin is like a thread of a spider's web. But in the end, it becomes like the cable of a ship.”
“For me personally - because I do it myself - the scoring of a picture is fun. I edit the picture and when I've finished I go into my room and I have many many records - jazz, classical and popular music. And I have this all at my disposal. I don't have to get a composer.”
“Israel has been extremely aggressive, they have continued with their settlement policies, they have continued demolitions, they have continued with their occupation policies which entail a humiliation of Palestinians, which makes the (peace) process difficult.”
“Until we express ourselves, tell our elected officials what we expect from them, we can't expect them to do it on their own.”
“... I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Suddenly I had to spend all my time getting well.”

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