#horses

There is a lot that horses and art share in common. I have found that most horse people are art lovers, and vice versa. ↗

— Alice Walton

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But I do love horses. They are such an expression of joy. ↗

— Diane Lane

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I was drawn to horses as if they were magnets. It was in my blood. I must have inherited from my grandfather a genetic proclivity toward the equine species. Perhaps there's a quirk in the DNA that makes horse people different from everyone else, that instantly divides humanity into those who love horses and the others, who simply don't know. ↗

— Allan J. Hamilton

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Fascination with horses predated every other single thing I knew. Before I was a mother, before I was a writer, before I knew the facts of life, before I was a schoolgirl, before I learned to read, I wanted a horse. ↗

— Jane Smiley

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I'm about to commence four years of obeying the cause of a bruiser on a horse. I refuse to put down what might be the last book I see for months. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

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There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all. ↗

— Socrates

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And yes, I came over here fully intending to seduce you." He lifted his head and whispered in my ear, "It's what I'm good at. Just like you're good at evading demons and kicking ass." "Kicking ass?" I questioned as he dropped his head back to the arm of the couch. His hand was exploring again, and I didn't want to move. "Yeah," he said, and I jumped as he found a ticklish spot. "I like a woman who takes care of herself." "Not much of a white knight on a horse, huh?" He raised one eyebrow. "Oh, I could," he said. "But I'm a lazy son of a bitch. ↗

— Kim Harrison

#rachel #horses

The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our heart upon the black horse of affliction. ↗

— Charles H. Spurgeon

#cross-bearing #mercy #trials #horses

My mother always said that I was born out of a bottle of vinegar instead of born from a womb and that she and my father bathed me in sugar for three days to wash it off. I try to behave, but I always go back to the vinegar. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#scorpio-races #water-horses #young-adult-fiction #horses