Quotes for All
I didn’t write professionally at first. It took me nine years to get anything published. At the beginning I mostly wrote picture books, which were rejected by every children’s book publisher in America. The first book of mine to be accepted for publication was ELLA ENCHANTED, and not one but two publishers wanted it. That … Read more
Adolescence begins when children stop asking questions-because they know all the answers. Evan Esar
Spring is the Period Express from God. Among the other seasons Himself abide, But during March and April None stir abroad Without a cordial interview With God. Emily Dickinson
An altered look about the hills; A Tyrian light the village fills; A wider sunrise in the dawn; A deeper twilight on the lawn; A print of a vermilion foot; A purple finger on the slope; A flippant fly upon the pane; A spider at his trade again; An added strut in chanticleer; A flower … Read more
Those who flashin’ don’t blast, they still buffoons, Just blowin out hot air, they should fill balloons. I’m like them shorties that could kill for goons, They started hustlin’ in April to cop wheels in June. Elzhi
Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment. Ellis Peters
April 19 And now it is spring. Birds are singing. Wistful notes and jubilant. And bare streets and no need for coats, and skipping ropes and bicycles and a thin new moon. Elizabeth Smart
I think that no matter how old or infirm I may become, I will always plant a large garden in the spring. Who can resist the feelings of hope and joy that one gets from participating in nature’s rebirth? Edward Giobbi
On the approach of spring, I withdraw without reluctance from the noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure. Edward Gibbon
IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere. Edward Carpenter