"No one has been buried at Mill Road Cemetery in Cambridge, England, for many years, and so the place has a shady, overgrown magic about it."

-- Sophie Hannah

#Years Quotes #Magic Quotes #England Quotes

“Childhood didn't have a big influence on me, really - in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape.”
“If agricultural land be left uncultivated, in a few years the jungle returns, and signs are not lacking that a similar danger is always lying in wait for the fields of thought, which, by the labour of three hundred years, have been cleared and brought into cultivation by men of science. The destruction of a very small percentage of the population would suffice to annihilate scientific knowledge, and lead us back to almost universal belief in magic, witchcraft and astrology.”
“You can gain experience, if you are careful to avoid empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artisan who boasts of twenty years experience in craft while in fact he has had only one year of experienceâ€“twenty times. And never resent the advantage of experience your elders have. Recall that they have paid for this experience in the coin of life, and have emptied a purse that cannot be refilled.”
“It isnt only fictional heroes to whom toast means home and comfort. It is related of the Duke of Wellington - I believe by Lord Ellesmere - that when he landed at Dover in 1814, after six years absence from England, the first order he gave at the Ship Inn was for an unlimited supply of buttered toast.”

Source : Elizabeth David (2011). “A Taste of the Sun”, p.68, Penguin UK
“It just kills me when people buy a dog when there are dogs in shelters. I still get emotional when I think of Karl sitting in that shelter. I wasn't looking. I didn't even think I had time for a dog, and then I met this little one and he needed help. It's been so amazing to see him transform into a happy and confident companion.”
“Happiness is an endowment and not an acquisition. It depends more upon temperament and disposition than environment.”

Source : John James Ingalls (1902). “A Collection of the Writings of John James Ingalls: Essays, Addresses, and Orations”
“What if you woke up this morning and had only the things you thanked God for yesterday?”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 8, 2011
“I am...sad and angry. Why is my spirit so sad and angry? I look back at my life and all I can remember is rage and rage and rage.”

Source : Chris Adrian (2012). “The Children's Hospital”, p.305, Granta Books

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