"You were stubborn...and fought against the storm, which proved stronger than you: but we bow and yield to every breeze, and thus the gale passed harmlessly over our heads.""
The Oak and the Reeds," Aesop's Fables
Thoughtful Sunday
"Goodnight starsGoodnight airGoodnight noises everywhere"Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, 1947
Thoughtful Sunday
"Sometimes one must travel far to discover what is near."
The Treasure, Uri Shulevitz, 1978.
Thoughtful Sunday
"Little things have big results sometimes."
Willie Without, Magaret Moore, 1951.
Thoughtful Sunday
(I took my nephew's senior portraits)
“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. but the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. i'll always be with you.”
Winnie the Pooh, A. A. Milne, 1926.
Thoughtful Sunday
"Thou hast only to follow the wall far enough and there will be a door in it."
The Door in the Wall, Marguerite de Angeli, 1949.
Thoughtful Sunday
"And now," cried Max, 'let the wild rumpus start!"
Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak, 1963.
Thoughtful Sunday
(small quilt top made about 10 year ago from Ricky Timms Harmonic Convergence pattern)
"Teach us delight in simple things, And Mirth that has no bitter springs."
"Children's Song," The Puck of Pook's Hill, Rudyard Kipling, 1906.
Thoughtful Sunday
"I think the smell of horses is the most exciting smell in the world."
The Changeling, Zolpha Keatley Snyder, 1970.
Thoughtful Sunday
"'Music does put heart in a body,' said Papa."
Little House on Rocky Ridge, Roger Lea MacBride, 1993.
Thoughtful Sunday
"I think I understand," said the goat.
"The sun doesn't come up because the cock crows, the cock crows because the sun comes up."
"Pooh!" said the cow. "ANYBODY can do THAT."
Little Peep, Jack Kent, 1981
Thoughtful Sunday
"He had found out that the harder it was to do something, the more comfortable he felt after he had done it."
The Door in the Wall, Marguerite de Angeli, 1949.
Thoughtful Sunday
"It was the kind of laughter that caught like brairs in her chest and felt very much like pain."
Lyddie, Katherine Paterson, 1991
Thoughtful Sunday
" Plato said all science begins with astonishment."
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly 2009
Thoughtful Sunday - Tickled Pink
"The table was decorated with pink tulips, a pink tablecloth, pink candles, pink napkins, and pink nut dishes. The main course was a maraschino cherry, walnut, marshmallow, pineapple, strawberry, cream cheese and cabbage molded salad, accompanied by pink biscuits. There were also pink mints and pink gumdrops. And luckiest of all, Mrs Harroway just happened to be dressed entirely in pink with even pink gloves and pink roses in her hat."
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm, Betty MacDonald, 1954.
Thoughtful Sunday
"Youth has nothing to to with birthdays, only with alivedness of spirit, so even if your hair is grey, Daddy, you can still be a boy."
Daddy-Long-Legs, Jean Webster, 1912.
Thoughtful Sunday
"I speak quietly,I do not sing,I whisper, for beautyis a fragile thing.""Marigolds," Everything Glistens and
Everything Sings, Charlotte Zolotow, 1987.
Thoughtful Sunday
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien, 1937.
Thoughtful Sunday
"It's nearly as difficult to stay beautiful as it is to become so."
The Wonderful Farm, Marcel Ayme, 1951.
Thoughtful Sunday
"A good detective is always in demand."
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories: The Hidden Staircase, Carolyn Keene, 1930.
