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When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain. Twain

When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain. Mark Twain Share this: Email StumbleUpon Facebook Digg Print Reddit

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The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. Van Gogh

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. Vincent Van Gogh Share this: Email StumbleUpon Facebook Digg Print Reddit

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Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. James Arthur Baldwin

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. James Arthur Baldwin Share this: Email StumbleUpon Facebook Digg Print Reddit

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No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.

No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers. Laurie Colwin via www.thebreadlist.com Share … Continue reading

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I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. Martha Washington

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. … Continue reading

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She died with a knife in her hand in her kitchen, where she had cooked for fifty years, and the death was solemnly listed in the newspaper as that of an artist.

She died with a knife in her hand in her kitchen, where she had cooked for fifty years, and the death was solemnly listed in the newspaper as that of an artist. Janet Flanner writing about the death of Mother … Continue reading

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There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know. Rene Daumal

You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One … Continue reading

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It is easier to love Humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor. – Eric Hoffer

It is easier to love Humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor. Eric Hoffer Share this: Email StumbleUpon Facebook Digg Print Reddit

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In spite of the cost of living, it’s still popular. – Kathleen Norris

In spite of the cost of living, it’s still popular. Kathleen Norris Share this: Email StumbleUpon Facebook Digg Print Reddit

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Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes, a farewell is necessary before you can meet again and meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. – Richard Bach

Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes, a farewell is necessary before you can meet again and meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. Richard Bach Share this: Email StumbleUpon Facebook Digg Print Reddit

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