Parlour Palm Quotes

#1. And the earth itself. It smells different in different places. But its loveliest fragrance is known only when it receives a shower of rain. and then the scent of the wet earth rises as though it would give something beautiful back to the clouds. A blend of all the fragrant things that grow upon it.

Ruskin Bond

#2. Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation.

Claude Levi-Strauss

#3. It's interesting to see the world's fascination with a troubled artist. The artists sure wouldn't share their enthusiasm.

Jim Rowe

#4. I have given everything for this cause. My wife. My children. I have not withheld my sons. I have given everything I have for this - everything.

Cassandra Clare

#5. It is better to gain a foot than to stand still, even when you seek to gain a mile.

Hubert H. Humphrey

#6. Sharpen your sword daily , and let it serve your true master: YOU. You and the Master are one

Vernon Kitabu Turner

#7. Sustainability is a seemingly laudable goal - it tells us we need to live within our means, whether economic, ecological, or political - but it's insufficient for uncertain times. How can we live within our means when those very means can change, swiftly and unexpectedly, beneath us?

Jamais Cascio

#8. [New York] gives you room to be weird; you can be yourself and you can wear whatever you want. No one is really going to judge you because everyone is doing their own thing.

Jillian Hervey

#9. I don't believe in things literally for children. That's a reduction.

Maurice Sendak