#Gratitude Quotes #Two Quotes #Waiting Quotes
“An acquaintance with the muses, in the education of youth, contributes not a little to soften manners. It gives a delicate turn to the imagination and a polish to the mind.”
“I was thinking what a curious thing love is; only a sentiment, and yet it has power to make fools of men and slaves of women.”
“Medicine, electronic communications, space travel, genetic manipulation . . . these are the miracles about which we now tell our children. These are the miracles we herald as proof that science will bring us the answers. The ancient stories of immaculate conceptions, burning bushes, and parting seas are no longer relevant. God has become obsolete. Science has won the battle.”
“Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.”
“Sometimes you find your voice by trying to write like people, and sometimes you find it by trying to write unlike people.”
“A tree is made to live in peace in the color of day and in friendship with the sun, the wind and the rain. Its roots plunge in thefat fermentation of the soil, sucking in its elemental humors, its fortifying juices. Trees always seem lost in a great tranquil dream. The dark rising sap makes them groan in the warm afternoons. A tree is a living being that knows the course of the clouds and presses the storms because it is full of birds' nests.”
“I need some space." "Because of my past?" "No, because of mine. When I'm around you I feel like I'm falling. I need to stop before I smash into the ground." "Are you always so honest?" "No. Mostly I'm a liar like you.”
Source : Anna McPartlin (2008). “Apart from the Crowd”, p.323, Simon and Schuster
“I am a big believer in love. Love for me is what got me through.”
Source : Interview with Lisa Rueff, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.
