"The smell of moist earth and lilacs hung in the air like wisps of the past and hints of the future."

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Source : Margaret Millar (1947). “Experiment in Springtime: A Novel”, New York : Random House

Margaret Millar

#Spring Quotes #Past Quotes #Air Quotes

“The government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the smallest corners of life - this much we can stand. But the real problem is that government is boring. We could cure or mitigate the other ills Washington visits on us if we could only bring ourselves to pay attention to Washington itself. But we cannot.”
“When death occurs, death as you know it, the universe embraces you and takes you to its heart.”

Source : Rosemary Altea (2007). “A Matter of Life and Death: Remarkable True Stories of Hope and Healing”, Tarcher
“To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.”
“The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth.”
“I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.”
“The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.”
“When shopping was still connected to the street it was also an intensification and articulation of the street. Now it has become utterly independent - contained, controlled, surveyed.”
“I keep re-watching Friends. It's so dumb. There's so much good TV and I'm really into all of it.”

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