Great Oak Tree Quotes

#1. Marya watched from the upper floor as once again the birds gathered in the great oak tree, sniping and snapping for the last autumn nuts, stolen from squirrels and hidden in bark-cracks, which every winged creature knows are the most bitter of all nuts, like old sorrows sitting heavy on the tongue.

Catherynne M Valente

#2. You come into this world alone and die alone, but there's a really long stretch in the middle that can be extraordinarily meaningful and even fun with the right people. And when it's not fun, they'll be with you, too.

Julie Klam

#3. Bucket filling is in the eye of the bucket holder, not the bucket filler. Fill their buckets with things that are important to them ... not you.

David Cottrell

#4. Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

H.L. Mencken

#5. Village life is like an ivy vine climbing a great oak. You cut off the vine at the root, and all the way up the tree, the leaves wither. We're all connected." For

Julie Klassen

#6. Are there many things in this cool-hearted world so utterly exquisite as the pure love of one woman for another woman?

Mary MacLane

#7. I just sang at first - I didn't ever play guitar before The Kills.

Alison Mosshart

#8. I put forward a budget of what I called "middle-class economics" that continues to be fiscally prudent but makes necessary investments for us to continue the economic momentum and job growth.

Barack Obama

#9. Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.

Harold Wilson

#10. There were so many things going on inside me and on the outside - many beyond my control. However, one thing I could control was to pray and commit myself every day to trust God so He could guide me." - Yilda B. Rivera, Courage Under Fire

Yilda B. Rivera

#11. I have found things that I could have done better in 'The Woman Warrior.' But then I thought: Let the work of one's youth just stand.

Maxine Hong Kingston

#12. There is an old adage about gladiators, - that they plan their fight in the ring.

Seneca.

#13. Whether or not birth control is eugenic, hygienic, and economic, it is the most revolutionary practice in the history of sexual morals.

Walter Lippmann

#14. The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.

Natalie Massenet

#15. And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.

Nora Roberts