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Quote by Opal Whiteley

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

Quote by Opal Whiteley

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Opal Whiteley was a nature writer known for her unique observations of the natural world and mystical ideas. Born on December 11, 1897, she passed away on February 16, 1992. Her works are characterized by deep insights into nature and explorations of cosmic mysteries. more

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“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

Author:Opal Whiteley

“It is such a comfort to nestle up to Michael Angelo Sanzio Raphael when one is in trouble. He is such a grand tree. He has an understanding soul. After I talked with him and listened unto his voice, I slipped down out of his arms.”

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Author:Opal Whiteley

“the real reason I had wanted to grow up, the main reason I had been willing to even consider becoming an adult, was so I could have as many pets as I wanted.”

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“I think how you look is the most important thing in the world. If you look cute, you are cute; if you look smart, you are smart, and if you don't look like anything, you aren't anything.”

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Book:Summer of the Swans, The (Puffin Modern Classics)

Source: Summer of the Swans, The (Puffin Modern Classics)

“For me, reading books and writing them are tied together. The words of other writers teach me and refresh me and inspire me.”

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Author:Betsy Byars

“Writing is like anything - baseball playing, piano playing, sewing, hammering nails. The more you work on it, the better you get. But it seems to take a longer time to get better at writing than hammering nails.”

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“I can't tell you the number of times I've been in the middle of a perfunctory conversation, and someone will say, 'Tell us what you really think.' Or 'Maybe you should switch to decaf.”

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Author:Maria Semple

“some journalists have described the South Pole as 'hell on earth.' Others refer to my time here as 'an ordeal.' They would be surprised to know how beautiful Antarctica has seemed to me, with its waves of ice in a hundred shades of blue and white, its black winter sky, its ecstatic wheel of stars. They would never understand how the lights of the Dome welcomed me from a distance, or how often I danced and sang and laughed here with my friends. And how I was not afraid.”

“I understand that it is not when or how you die but how and if you truly were ever alive.”

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Book:Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole

Source: Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole

“My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.”

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Author:Pam Grier