Rydings Hall Quotes & Sayings

He who has learned what is commonly considered the whole art of painting, that is, the art of representing any natural object faithfully, has as yet only learned the language by which his thoughts are to be expressed. — John Ruskin

Research has shown that healthy lifestyles are
more influential than genetic factors in helping older people avoid
the deterioration traditionally associated with aging. — Patricia A. Tabloski

Reality is for people that lack imagination. — Hayao Miyazaki

He'd stepped on something. He took a step back and knelt and parted the grass with his hands. It was an apple. He picked it up and held it to the light. Hard and brown and shriveled. He wiped it with the cloth and bit into it. Dry and almost tasteless. But an apple. He ate it entire, seeds and all. He held the stem between his thumb and forefinger and let it drop. Then he went treading softly through the grass. His feet still wrapped in the remnants of the coat and the shreds of tarp and he sat and untied them and stuffed the wrappings in his pocket and went down the rows barefoot. By the time he got to the bottom of the orchard he had four more apples and he put them in his pocket and came back. — Cormac McCarthy

I don't know why people see the things that they do. I wouldn't pay to see them, they don't touch me or move me in any way. — Sherilyn Fenn

The drug may not be toxic, but you may be self-toxic, and you may discover this in the drug experience. — Terence McKenna

It is only when we pray for something according to the will of God that we have the promise of being heard and answered. — Ole Hallesby

Nuthin' can avoid this shot 'cause it's hittin'
It's so cool when you touch it, wear a mitten — Eazy-E

Nothing can be loved too much,
but all things can be loved
in the wrong way. — W. H. Auden

I have long been aware that when an independent intellectual stands up to an autocratic state, step one toward freedom is often a step into prison. Now I am taking that step; and true freedom is that much nearer. — Liu Xia

When someone you love truly dies, you have to find them over and over again in the world, and I think you do that on a very psychic, unconscious level, and I think in some ways I was calling out to that spirit of my mother when I saw the fox. It doesn't surprise me it's in animals that I find my mother. — Cheryl Strayed