Washington State Nature Quotes & Sayings

The nobly born must nobly meet his fate. — Euripides

I made a decision a long time ago that I was going to choose joy. I even painted a big rectangle on my wall and printed it in big letters so I wouldn't forget to make that choice every day. The major word in that rectangle isn't joy, it's CHOOSE. It's looking around me when life is difficult and trading every complaint I have for something beautiful in my life that far outweighs it. I know, it's that Pollyanna personified thing again, but living joyful beats being cynical any day of the week. — Jessica N. Turner

All morning I lay down sentences, erase them, and try new ones. Soon enough, when things go well, the world around me dwindles: the sky out the window, the furious calm of the big umbrella pine ten feet away, the smell of dust falling onto the hot bulb in the lamp. That's the miracle of writing, the place you try to find
when the room, your body, and even time itself cooperate in a vanishing act. — Anthony Doerr

The present will not long endure. — Pindar

Republicans can't run for office without the support of business. — Tucker Carlson

I don't think there's anything more tiring ... than expecting people who don't turn up ... — Elizabeth Goudge

Oh, you were the dessert. The Rattrays were the meal. — Charlaine Harris