"One need never be dull as long as one has friends to help, gardens to enjoy and books in the long winter evenings."

--

Source : D. E. Stevenson (1978). “Listening Valley”

D.E. Stevenson

#Book Quotes #Winter Quotes #Garden Quotes

“Humor is all about timing.”
“When you create something out of nothing it's the most thrilling thing.”
“Must have been quite the culture shock, going there.â€ â€œYes it was.â€ Idris doesnâ€™t say that the real culture shock has been in coming back.”
“The idea that beauty is unimportant or a cultural construct is the real beauty myth. We have to understand beauty, or we will always be enslaved by it.”
“Facts are only tools to gain control over yourself and other people.”
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness.”
“People always say, 'Well, celebrity spokespersons have private consultants'. Well, with Jenny Craig everybody gets a private consultant.”
“Emily Dickinson liked to shock people. She liked to break rules. There was a kind of rebellious freedom in her inner world.”

Source : "Poet Emily Dickinson Was A Much Loved Baker". "All Things Considered" with David Greene, kclu.org. December 27, 2016.

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