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Quote by Gertrude Diamant

“For order represents our fear and nervousness. We create ordered interiors as a protest over the passing of things, to define our mortal lives against the void of time.”

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Gertrude Diamant

Gertrude Diamant, born in 1901, was an accomplished author whose works spanned various literary genres. Known for her profound characterizations and unique narrative style, she left a lasting impact on the literary world. more

“There were too many lemmings - that was the core of their difficulty. None wanted solitude, but a crowd of this size was a torment. Being sensitive little beasts, they became overstimulated by superfluous numbers of their own kind. They had tried to escape, but with pitiable irony, all tried to escape together.”

Kind Littles Wanted Together Numbers Solitude Difficulty Size Crowds Core Irony Sensitive Beast Torment Superfluous Lemmings

Author:Sally Carrighar

“human names for natural things are superfluous. Nature herself does not name them. The important thing is to know this flower, look at its color until the blueness becomes as real as a keynote of music.”

Knows Humans Looks Doe Important Real Names Nature Natural Color Flower Important Things Superfluous Natural Things

Book:Home to the wilderness: a personal journey

Source: Home to the wilderness: a personal journey

“You see I am an enthusiast on the subject of the arts. But it is an enthusiasm of which I am not ashamed, as its object is to improve the taste of my countrymen, to increase their reputation, to reconcile to them the respect of the world, and procure them its praise.”

World Art Subjects Objects Taste Increase Praise Reputation Enthusiasm Ashamed Reconcile Countrymen

Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private : published by the order of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the original manuscripts, deposited in the Department of State

Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private : published by the order of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the original manuscripts, deposited in the Department of State

“The matter of making christening robes for caterpillars, it is not a difficult one; the difficulty is to get a frisky caterpillar to keep still while one is putting on his christening robe. And then it is a problem to keep it on, after one does get it on. I do have much troubles with caterpillars crawling out of their christening robes after I do get them on.”

Doe Stills Matter Problem Difficult Trouble Difficulty Insects Robes Crawling Caterpillars Christening

Author:Opal Whiteley

“Potatoes are very interesting folks. I think they must see a lot of what is going on in the earth - they have so many eyes.”

Thinking Eye Earth Interesting Folks Gardening Potatoes Very Interesting

Book:Opal: The Journal of an Understanding Heart

Source: Opal: The Journal of an Understanding Heart

“I like to sing when I have works to do - it does so help.”

Doe Helping Singing

Author:Opal Whiteley

“When one does look up at the grand trees growing up almost to the sky, one does always have longings to pray.”

Looks Doe Growing Up Growing Tree Sky Praying Longing Look Up