Hemmens Garden Quotes & Sayings

What's left to lean together with, longing against, when life's outlines get swept away?
- Imru'l-Qays — Ann Chamberlin

Sometimes we feel that the busier we are, the more important we are--as though our busyness defines our worth...We can spend a lifetime whirling about at a feverish pace, checking off list after list of things that in the end really don't matter.
That we do a lot may not be so important. That we focus the energy of our minds, our hearts, and our souls on those things of eternal significance--that is essential.
--Joseph B. Wirthlin — Carolyn J. Rasmus

I'm not sure how to pin this feeling down. It's as elusive as the numbness that swirls inside my body. Every day, as the hours creep past, I find myself getting jittery, waiting for the sight of Oskar's tall figure striding into the cavern. And when he does, I can't stop the smile from spreading across my face - especially because his eyes search for me, and when they find me, he smiles right back. That in and of itself is magical ... — Sarah Fine

We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons. — George W. Bush

Nobody loves you better because you have used yourself up for them. — Gloria Feldt

The most recent studies, ... both behavioral and biological, indicate one's sexual orientation is genetic, something one is born with. — Peter McWilliams

They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it — Nicholas Sparks

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing. — Jean-Baptiste Colbert