"Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along,listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering."Winnie the Pooh, A. A. Milne, 1926.
Thoughtful Sunday
"Nothing ever seems interesting when it belongs to you - only when it doesn't."Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt, 1975.
Thoughtful Sunday
"Often Katy would wish that she someday could beSomething quiet and simple like a lovely elm tree,
Or a ramshackle barn all alone on a hill
Where the noisiest thing was a squeaky windmill.
'It might become lonely,' she thought, 'way out there,
But at least there's a view with a lot of fresh air.'"
The Caboose Who Got Loose, Bill Peet, 1971.
Thoughtful Sunday
"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it? Look at these maple branches. Don't they give you a thrill-- several thrills?"Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery, 1908.
Thoughtful Sunday
"The fact that she had a nut for a head did make new ideas difficult for her mind to grasp."Miss Hickory, Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, 1946.
Thoughtful Sunday
"If you go around thinking you're being cheated, life becomes very unpleasant."Bambi's Children, Felix Salten, 1939.
Thoughtful Sunday
"If I wasn't a human girl I think I'd like to be a bee and live among the flowers."Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery, 1908
