Gladys Taber Quotes

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• There is a kind of immortality in every garden.
• Nothing makes a house cozier than cats.
• Almost all words do have colour and nothing is more pleasant than to utter a pink word and see someone's eyes light up and know…
• The real evidence of growing older is that things level off in importance.
• But housekeeping is fun. It is one job where you enjoy the results right along as you work. You may work all day washing and…
• I suppose I am a sparrow, a stay-at-home bird.
• Traveling is all very well if you can get home at night. I would be willing to go around the world if I came back…
• There must be hundreds of unsung heroes and heroines who first tasted strange things growing - and think of the man who first ate a…
• I resolve to be more patient, less selfish, cherish my friends, and in my small way help whoever needs help. I cannot conceivably influence the…
• Catching something is merely a byproduct of our fishing. It is the act of fishing that wipes away all grief, lightens all worry, dissolves all…
• The curious thing about fishing is you never want to go home. If you catch something, you can't stop. If you don't catch anything, you…
• Dog lovers are a good breed themselves.
• Faith is a curious thing. It must be renewed; it has its own spring.
• My own recipe for world peace is a bit of land for everyone.
• Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past.
• Some of the days in November carry the whole memory of summer as a fire opal carries the color of moonrise.
• Well, any love makes us vulnerable. Whatever we love will give the gift of pain somewhere along the road. But who would live sealed in…
• Happiness of heart can never be measured out and bundled up, it's intangible. We keep running after it, grasping for it, and the heat of…
• Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today's Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving…
• Perhaps, after all, our best thoughts come when we are alone. It is good to listen, not to voices but to the wind blowing, to…

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