"...and I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the great gifts of both Earth and Heaven."

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Source : James Lee Burke (2002). “Jolie Blon's Bounce: A Novel”, p.327, Simon and Schuster

James Lee Burke

#Heaven Quotes #Earth Quotes #Way Quotes

“Find that pursuit that will energize you, consume you, become an obsession. Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If you don't, you are working.”
“None the less, perhaps, the highest pleasure in art is identical with the highest pleasure inscientific theory. The emotion which accompanies the clear recognition of unity in a complex seems to be so similar in art and in science that it is difficult not to suppose that they are psychologically the same. It is, as it were, the final stage of both processes.”

Source : "Vision and Design".
“Family is so important. Friends are so important. You need that connection.”
“One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.”
“We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.”

Source : Abigail Adams, John Adams, L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Mary-Jo Kline (1975). “The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784”, p.80, UPNE
“Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.”
“The true purpose of yoga is to discover that aspect of your being that can never be lost.”
“The sky sinks in the morning, this fact has been insufficiently observed.”

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