"I haven't much time to be fond of anything ... but when I have a moment's fondness to bestow, most times ... the roses get it. I began my life among them in my father's nursery garden, and I shall end my life among them, if I can. Yes. One of these days (please God) I shall retire from catching thieves, and try my hand at growing roses."

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Source : "The Moonstone".

Wilkie Collins

#Father Quotes #Garden Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker.”
“It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States,”
“I know perfectly well that only in happy instants am I lucky enough to lose myself in my work. The painter-poet feels that his true immutable essence comes from that invisible realm that offers him an image of reality....I feel that I do not exist in time, but that time exists in me. I can also realize that it is not given to me to solve the mystery of art in an absolute fashion. Nonetheless, I am almost brought to believe that I am about to get my hands on the divine.”
“If it should turn out that we have mishandled our own lives as several civilizations before us have done, it seems a pity that we should involve the violet and the tree frog in our departure.”
“I've always been a bit of a car freak.”
“The house praises the carpenter.”
“I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.”
“All high poetry is infinite; it is as the first acorn, which contained all oaks potentially.”

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