Irene2727: "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Irene2727: Bonfires of the evening sun Merge in final unquenched glory From horizon up to heaven, While grotesque saguaro fingers Paint lofty silhouettes against the sky. ~Helen Castle, "Saguaro at Sunset," in Arizona Highways, 1973
Irene2727: I do not believe that any peacock envies another peacock his tail, because every peacock is persuaded that his own tail is the finest in the world. The consequence of this is that peacocks are peaceable birds. ~~ John Ruskin
Irene2727: “The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” ~Marcus Aurelius
Irene2727: The hawk was everything I wanted to be: solitary, self-possessed, free from grief, and numb to the hurts of human life. ~~ Helen Macdonald
Irene2727: “Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.” — Bishop Reginald Heber
Irene2727: Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all. ~~ Emily Dickinson
Irene2727: “In solitude I find my answers.” ~~ Kristen Butler
Irene2727: “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Irene2727: “Learn to be silent. Let your mind listen and absorb.” – Pythagorus
Irene2727: It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. ~~ Amelia Barr
Irene2727: Travel is seeking the lost paradise. It is the supreme illusion of love. Anais Nin
Irene2727: “With the coming of spring, I am calm again.” – Gustav Mahler
Irene2727: Don't play dead with a vulture. That's exactly what they want. ~~ Kevin Nealon
Irene2727: “The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Irene2727: Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. ~~ Thomas Szasz
Irene2727: “A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.” – Matshona Dhliwayo
Irene2727: “The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.” ― Aldous Huxley
Irene2727: 'Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it." ~~ Joyce Meyer
Irene2727: "The day you plant the seed is the day you eat the fruit." ~~ Jignesh-Khakhriya
Irene2727: "A flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world; it justs blooms.” – Matshona Dhliwayo
Irene2727: “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein
Irene2727: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. ~~ Duke Ellington
Irene2727: We do not have a fear of the unknown. What we fear is giving up the known. ~~ Anthony de Mello
Irene2727: “I am a reflection of my own soul.” Anonymous
Irene2727: "May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as an opportunity to do what is right." ~~ Peter Marshall
Irene2727: Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth. ~~ Erma Bombeck
Irene2727: Quick as a hummingbird...she darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly dipping into the flowers of my heart. ~~ James Oppenheim
Irene2727: “To find yourself, think for yourself.” - Socrates
Irene2727: “If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre