Jacobina Plants Quotes & Sayings

For me, writing was the only way out. — Anne Tyler

On many an idle day have I grieved over lost time. But it is never lost, my lord. Thou hast taken every moment of my life in thine own hands.
Hidden in the heart of things thou art nourishing seeds into sprouts, buds into blossoms, and ripening flowers into fruitfulness.
I was tired and sleeping on my idle bed and imagined all work had ceased. In the morning I woke up and found my garden full with wonders of flowers. — Rabindranath Tagore

No swamp dragon could ever terrorise a kingdom, except by accident. Vimes wondered how many had been killed by enterprising heroes. It was terribly cruel to do something like that to creatures whose only crime was to blow themselves absent-mindedly to pieces in mid-air, which was not something any individual dragon made a habit of. A race of, of whittles, that's what dragons were. Born to lose. Live fast, die wide. — Terry Pratchett

Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over. — Nicole Sobon

Once I was liable to the same mistakes, but, thanks to God, no longer ... '
Well, isn't it just as worthwhile to have devoted and applied yourself to this goal as to have read or written fifty pages? — Epictetus

If you have the ability to work with people smarter than you, always try to be the least smartest person in the room and surround yourself with talent, because iron sharpens iron. — Jake M. Johnson

There are very few solid family films. A lot of the writing is awful. — Chevy Chase

But is the word used before you rationalize why the situation is not your fault nor responsibility. — Orrin Woodward

Although I now spend most of my time writing novels for teenagers and adults, 'readaloudability' is still a criterion I try to adhere to. — Mal Peet

Demon pox. There's always demon pox. — Cassandra Clare

Graffiti is a pathetic attempt at anonymous recognition. — Randall Dale Adams

All actors tend to be the same messed-up people. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Love finds us where we are, not where we were. — Bob Goff

He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet. — Anonymous

Sad to say, in a present-day world that seems to be governed by clashing self
interests and material forces, where we have learned that idealistic rhetoric usually cloaks nationalistic purposes or even far more diabolical schemes, it has become increasingly difficult to explain collective actions that profess to be driven by virtuous ideals or a desire to make the world a better place. During the past century, various national leaders have ordered the slaughter of tens of millions of people as the supposedly necessary means to perfect the world. Today we are far more cynical, I fear, than the generations at the beginning of the past genocidal century, before the First World War and the Russian Revolution. — David Brion Davis