Celestial Railroad Quotes & Sayings

Why would anyone believe it is possible to lay down such barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life? They should not be called insecticides, but biocides. — Rachel Carson

A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings. — Irving Stone

Our
songs
live
longer
than
our
kingdoms. — Atticus Poetry

If I hammer my own thumb while doing some DIY, it's not nice, but it's not the end of the world. To care obsessively about similar levels of discomfort in animals seems to be a case of mistaken moral priorities. — Julian Baggini

Somewhere, deep down him, he was scared, he was born scared. And those who are born with fear are natural slaves, whose profund instint leads to dread, with poisonous fear, all of those who suddenly can possibly cut loose the slave colar around their necks. — D.H. Lawrence

There is really more hope in turkey production for the beginner who starts out by informing himself thoroughly and uses sound judgment in developing his turkey project than for the turkey raiser with years of experience and indifferent success." - From MARSDEN AND MARTIN'S TURKEY MANAGEMENT, 1945 — Don Schrider

There is plenty of room left for exact experiment in art, and the gate has been opened for some time. What had been accomplished in music by the end of the eighteenth century has only begun in the fine arts. Mathematics and physics have given us a clue in the form of rules to be strictly observed or departed from, as the case may be. Here salutary discipline is come to grips first of all with the function of forms, and not with form as the final result ... in this way we learn how to look beyond the surface and get to the root of things. — Paul Klee

I was all wrapped up, the streetlamps and lighted windows were glittering, the frost bit into our faces, our lips felt like frozen crusts of bread, our cheeks as smooth and cold as porcelain. Sky and street were nothing but snow, we were driving into a great big snowball. — Herta Muller

I just want to be with you. You're my home. My heart. I love you. — Samantha Chase