"But happiness ... happiness grows at our own firesides," she said. "It is not to be picked in strangers' gardens." ~ The House at Riverton"

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Kate Morton

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“At times, Singer Johnny Cash rubbed dirt from the earth under his fingernails in order to avoid any arrogance which might stem from his fame, by reminding himself of his roots and origins.”
“Don't give up. Don't ever give up.”

Source : Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993
“time lessens all extremes and reduces 'em to mediums and unconcern ...”

Source : Aphra Behn (1871). “The Plays, Histories, and Novels of the Ingenious Mrs. Aphra Behn: With Life and Memoirs. Complete in Six Volumes...”, p.125
“If you've ever swum in the ocean, and you go underneath the waves, you know, you're kind of moved by the currents, but you're not being slapped around at the top of the water by the waves. And that's sort of what meditation is like.”
“The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duty from the front line.”
“Failure will hurt but not hinder us.”
“All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well-born; the other the mass of the people ... turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct, permanent share in the Government ... Nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy.”
“Shamanic journeying is the inner art of traveling to the 'invisible worlds' beyond ordinary reality to retrieve information for change in any area of your life - from spirituality and health to work and relationships.”

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