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winter came down to our home one night, quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow, and we, we were children once again. Bill Morgan, Jr.
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a compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece. Ludwig Erhard
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be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings. Victor Hugo
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the future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. be careful how you tread it, for every step will show. unknown
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i frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. Henry David Thoreau
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the heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. Honoré de Balzac
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a bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. Maya Angelou
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the swan, like the soul of the poet, by the dull world is ill understood. Heinrich Heine
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when i was a child there were many witches, and they bewitched both cattle and men, especially children. Martin Luther
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the landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and i'm searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meaningfully as possible. Galen Rowell
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i think a lot of contemplation happens in bathtubs. it does for me. nothing like a hot bath to ease the tension and think about what's going to happen next. Sarah McLachlan
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weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless. Bill Watterson
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you do things when the opportunities come along. i've had periods in my life when i've had a bundle of ideas come along, and i've had long dry spells. if I get an idea next week, i'll do something. if not, i won't do a damn thing. Warren Buffett
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the swan, with arched neck between her white wings mantling proudly, rows her state with oary feet. John Milton
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it's spring fever.... you don't quite know what it is you DO want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! Mark Twain
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the rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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she sat down in a weed patch, her elbows on her knees, and kept her eyes on the small mysterious world of the ground. in the shade and sun of grass blade forests, small living things had their metropolis. Nancy Price
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there are only two ways to live your life. one is as though nothing is a miracle. the other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein
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there came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin
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to be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat. Beverly Nichols
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for most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating. for this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight. Richard Bach
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to me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that. Martha Graham
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i found i could say things with color and shapes that i couldn't say any other way - things i had no words for. Georgia O'Keeffe
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you can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. you have to go to them sometimes. Winnie the Pooh
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all flowers in time bend towards the sun, i know you say there's no one for you, but here is one. Jeff Buckley
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when bright flowers bloom parchment crumbles, my words fade.. the pen has dropped ... Morpheus
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a bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river. Chinese Proverb
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the primrose for a veil had spread / the largest of her upright leaves; and thus for purposes benign, / a simple flower deceives. William Wordsworth
