Amy N. Stewart quotes

“A garden is a human creation. It has to be thought of first, wished into being, planned for like a child.”
-- Amy N. Stewart

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“The usual sniggering examples of animal behaviour were brought in to explain cheating. Funny how the behaviour of shrews and gibbons is never used to explain table manners or road safety or gardening, only sex. Anyway, it was bad Darwinism. Taking the example of a monkey and applying it to yourself misses the point that animal behaviour is made for the benefit of the species, not as an excuse for the individual. Being incapable of sustaining a stable pair and supporting children is really not in the interests of our species. Neither is it really in the best interests of the philanderer.”

“I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.”

“I think that the young people today feel a tremendous sense of responsibility to their brothers and sisters because of the sacrifices that most families make to send their children to college.”

“A poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight.”

“I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that ... I might be master at last of a small house and a large garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life to the culture of them and the study of nature.”

Source : Abraham Cowley, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of Abraham Cowley”, p.152

“Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.”

“One of the first signs of a Spirit-filled life is enthusiasm!”

“First Conjuration Addressed to Emperor Lucifer. Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me.”

“Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.”

“The first part of my career, how I was paying the bills was commercials. I was just doing tons of commercials.”

Source : "The Dirt on Aaron Paul". Interview with Daniel Riley, www.gq.com. July 12, 2012.