~Simone Weil
(Black says he is a cowboy and a proud American because) "it's hard to be what you aren't."
~Baxter Black
"If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom."
~Terri Guillemets
"Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself."
~Anonymous
"Like the well-known French poet, Saint-John Perse, when asked why he writes, replied, “I write to live better”."
~Jacques Deregnaucourt
"Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree."
~Emily Bronte
"Go out on a limb, that's where the fruit is."
~Jimmy Carter
"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."
~Andy Warhol
"Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits."
~Samuel Butler
(And foliage!)
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life... It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend."
~Melodie Beattie
"Clutter is the poetry of our homes. It is an intimate view that is not always perfect-a few dishes in the sink, books piled next to the bed. Everything in its place may give a certain satisfaction, but a lived-in exudes comfort and warmth."
~Mary R. Carter
"Friends have a way of speaking without words."
~Anonymous
"Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be."
~Mark Twain
"Nature is God's first missionary. Where there is no Bible there are sparkling stars. Where there are not preachers there are spring times... If a person has nothing but nature, then nature is enough to reveal something about God."
~Max Lucado
"Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter."
~Dan Reeves
"DELICIOUS AUTUMN!
MY VERY SOUL IS WEDDED TO IT,
AND IF I WERE A BIRD
I WOULD FLY ABOUT THE EARTH
SEEKING THE SUCCESSIVE AUTUMNS."
~George Eliot
MY VERY SOUL IS WEDDED TO IT,
AND IF I WERE A BIRD
I WOULD FLY ABOUT THE EARTH
SEEKING THE SUCCESSIVE AUTUMNS."
