"Good timber does not grow with ease: The stronger wind, the stronger trees; The further sky, the greater length; The more the storm, the more the strength. By sun and cold, by rain and snow, In trees and men good timbers grow."

-- Douglas Malloch

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“So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such a situation because no one in our family ever had any money.”
“Abstinence for me is about romance. It has nothing to do with my relationship with God. It's definitely a bonus in that department, but it's nothing spiritual. It's about giving something special to that person you're going to spend the rest of your life with.”
“I'd like to run away From you, But if you didn't come And find me ... I would die.”
“Robert Burns enriched Scottish song with his genius and is mainly responsible for the rich treasure house of song that we enjoy today. He collected folk songs, retained the melodic line, kept what words were usable and rewrote the rest. He didn't claim ownership.”
“The only way to keep a secret in Washington, if you are the one person who knows it, is never to tell another living soul.”

Source : Maxine Cheshire, John Greenya (1979). “Maxine Cheshire, reporter”, Dell Publishing Company
“In every generation there is a vault-keeper, one who guards the links fiercely and knows they are more precious than rubies.”
“An injured Zlatan is a pretty serious thing for any team.”
“People, fearing their own extinction, are willing to accept and perpetuate hand-me-down answers to the meaning of life and death; and, fearing a weakening of the tribal structures that sustain them, reinforce with their tales the conventional notions of justice, freedom, law and order, nature, family, etc. The writer, lone rider, has the power, if not always the skills, wisdom, or desire, to disturb this false contentment.”

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