Bailiwick Academy Quotes & Sayings

You're not a gardener, are you? So perhaps you don't know that once a garden is established, much of good gardening is about removal rather than planting, honing what you have to produce a pleasing effect, sacrificing the particular for the good of the whole. Gardening is a creative pastime, but the result is always a work in progress; unlike a painting or a piece of music a garden is never fixed in time. ("In The Garden") — Rosalie Parker

We understood, intuitively, that no one in this awful place could be judged by the standards of the ordinary world. — Nando Parrado

I think many experiences are bound to be failures, and sometimes I regret them before they even happen. — Keren Ann

Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him. — Mahatma Gandhi

Emma is not a person; Emma is a place that you get stuck in; Emma is a pain that you cannot erase. — Justin Vernon

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed. — Edward Young

I will always serve my country in any capacity, but I'm very happy with what I'm doing right now. — Al-Waleed Bin Talal

It was then that I understood that the days of Colonel Garcia and all those like him are numbered, because they have not been able to destroy the spirit of these women (Allende 429) — Isabel Allende

In fact, climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism. — Bernie Sanders

But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. — Anonymous