Dandelion And Blood Quotes & Sayings

Life was a short shelf that came with bookends. — Stephen King

He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar. — Zhuangzi

While war is never anyone first choice, sometimes it is a necessary choice. — Gresham Barrett

As far as most people are concerned, art may be acceptable as a profession, but certainly not as an occupation. — David Bayles

Though I have looked everywhere / I can find nothing lowly / in the universe. — A.R. Ammons

When they see the change in you, they change the way they act towards you — Colin Myles

Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives. — Thomas Berry

Dandelion Wine is nothing if it is not the boy-hid-in-the-man playing in the fields of the Lord on the green grass of other Augusts in the midst of starting to grow up, grow old, and sense darkness waiting under the trees to seed the blood. I — Ray Bradbury

...why not let nature show you a few things? Cutting grass and pulling weeds can be a way of life... Lilacs on a bush are better than orchids. And dandelions and devil grass are better! Why? Because they bend you over and turn you away from all the people and the town for a little while and sweat you and get you down where you remember you got a nose again. And when you're all to yourself that way, you're really yourself for a little while; you get to thinking things through, alone. Gardening is the handiest excuse for being a philosopher. Nobody guesses, nobody accuses, nobody knows, but there you are, Plato in the peonies, Socrates force-growing his own hemlock. A man toting a sack of blood manure across his lawn is kin to Atlas letting the world spin easy on his shoulder. As Samuel Spaudling, Esquire, once said, 'Dig in the earth, delve in the soul.' Spin those mower blades, Bill, and walk in the spray of the Fountain of Youth. — Ray Bradbury

Jesus' idea of blessing is completely contrary to ours. It has nothing to do with what we have, and everything to do with who we are. — Cole Ryan

Suffering, though, can be nothing more than a sad and sorry thing without the presence on the part of the sufferer of a graceful heart, an accepting and open heart, a heart that holds no malice toward the inflictors of his or suffering This is a difficult concept to understand, and it is even more difficult to internalize, but it has everything to do with the way of nonviolence. We are talking about love here....This is a broader, deeper, more all-encompassing love. It is a love that acepts and embraces the hateful and the hurtful. It is a love that recognizes the spark of the divine in each of us, even in those who would raise their hand against us, those we might call our enemy. — John Lewis

Let convulsions shake the solid earth, let the skies themselves be rent in twain, yet amid the wreck of worlds the believer shall be as secure as in the calmest hour of rest. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

For my type of story and my kind of writing, I think 'Vanity Fair' is the right forum. — Dominick Dunne

Like calls to like, truth to truth and deceit to deceit. — Idries Shah

You might be adding a new scar to your collection, but it kind of matches the one on this side of your mouth, so at least they'll be symmetrical."
"I don't mind the scars." He shrugged, his eyes taking on a mischievous spark. "They hold better memories now than they used to. — Marissa Meyer