#leaves

The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#companions #exception #greatest #himself #home

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity. ↗

— Jean Paul

#around #away #coming #concealed #distant

You know, to preserve our job-friendly climate the Texas legislature didn't raise taxes this last legislative session while balancing their budget and maintaining their reserves - and might I add that our budget leaves $6 billion dollars in a rainy day fund? ↗

— Rick Perry

#balancing #billion #budget #climate #day

The painter leaves his mark. And I just put in two statues in Rhode Island that I'm working on. And I think that's going to make me last longer than me. ↗

— Anthony Quinn

#his #i #i think #island #just

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#consequences #courage #essential #forethought #god

It’s not that we have to quit this life one day, but it’s how many things we have to quit all at once: music, laughter, the physics of falling leaves, automobiles, holding hands, the scent of rain, the concept of subway trains... if only one could leave this life slowly! ↗

— Roman Payne

#beauty #carpe-diem #dying #holding-hands #laughter

The new rule shall rule as the soul rules, and as the love and justice and equality that are in the soul rule. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#equality

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older. ↗

— Hans Selye

#becoming #every #indelible #leaves #little

I love like a leaf in the wind. Please, hold your applause until the end of the performance (the last day of fall). 
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— Jarod Kintz

#autumn #fall #leaves #love #performance

Here then at long last is my darkness. No cry of light, no glimmer, not even the faintest shard of hope to break free across the hold. ↗

— Mark Z. Danielewski

#horror #house-of-leaves #insightful #insight