Dogwoods are great optimists. Daffodils wait and see, crouching firmly underground just in case spring doesn't come this year, but dogwoods have faith. — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but in the real world most of spring is disappointing. We looked forward to it too long, and the spring we… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Success in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Almost any dog thinks almost any human is the Great Spirit, the Primal Creator, and the Universal Force Behind the Sun and Tides. What… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
In the taverns all was amiable and easy, but the coffeehouses were cauldrons of edgy malcontents. — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
We're a shifty, sliding population. ... What we refer to as 'home' may be a place we haven't seen in years; a place where… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Single life should be experimental in nature and open to accidents. Some accidents are happy ones. — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Subtly, in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day seem almost contemptible, and… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
War was ... the chief or maybe the only source of patriotism, and many a politician, from prehistory up to this morning, unified a… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Smiting enemies has always been so admired that, unlike medicine or archaeology, it entitled its successful practitioners to become kings, emperors, and presidents. — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
The thing to remember is that children are temporary. As soon as they develop a sense of humor and get to be good company,… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
I was getting sick and tired of being lectured by dear friends with their little bottles of water and their regular visits to the… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
If we have a decent sort of cat to begin with, and have always treated it courteously, and aren't cursed with meddling, bullying natures,… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
