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Quote by Fred Rogers

“Love is at the root of everything. All learning, all parenting, all relationships. Love or the lack of it.”

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Fred Rogers, born on March 20, 1928, was an esteemed American educator. He is best known for his contributions to children's television, most notably as the host of the popular children's show 'Sesame Street'. Rogers was respected for his warm and approachable image and his deep understanding of children's mental health. more

“But my mind didn't feel entirely like my own anymore. If I was being honest, it hadn't since the first time I saw the sea, the great, dark, slate-colored sea. I could still feel it calling to me, as constant as the tides, my heart beating in time with the waves that smashed themselves against the shore, sending tendrils lacing deeper and deeper into Port Mercy, bringing it closer, inch by inch, to its inevitable watery grave.”

Mira Grant In The Shadow Of Spindrift House

Book:In the Shadow of Spindrift House

Source: In the Shadow of Spindrift House

“There are no straight lines in the organic world, only those which, through proximity to the softness around them, present the illusion of the ruler's edge.”

Mira Grant In The Shadow Of Spindrift House

Author:Mira Grant (author)

“In all of nature, only three things may build toward true straightness, true defiance of the organic curl. Crystals seek a stark, lifeless geometry, line leading into line leading into hard, unforgiving angle. Viruses, which may be said to bridge the gap between the unliving, unthinking mineral and the hot, ceaseless tempo of the animal, form viciously sharpened cutting edges, turning their own mindless bodies into weapons. And then there is the human race.”

Mira Grant In The Shadow Of Spindrift House

Book:In the Shadow of Spindrift House

Source: In the Shadow of Spindrift House

“The house is still straight and tall and proud, an architectural oddity rendered regal by the slow dissolve of all that lies below it. It looms, like some great beast of prey waiting for the perfect moment to strike and take that which was always meant to be its due. It lurks, a shadow in the reeds, a silent scream in the night.”