“To try to save for everyone, for the hostile and independent as well as the committed, some of the health that flows down across the green ridges from the skyline, and some of the beauty and spirit that are still available to any resident of the valley who has a moment and the wit to lift up his eyes unto the hills.” TryingWellsStillsMomentsEyeSpiritFlowIndependentGreenCommittedAvailableWitHillsLiftsHis EyesValleysHostileResidentsRidgesSkylines Author:Wallace Stegner
“A book, like a person, has its fortunes with one; is lucky or unlucky in the precise moment of its falling in our way, and often by some happy accident counts with us for something more than its independent value.” WayPersonsBookMomentsValuesFallLuckyIndependentFortuneAccidentsPreciseUnluckyHappy Accidents Book:The Works of Walter Pater Source: The Works of Walter Pater
“I am neither Republican nor Democrat. I am a registered independent because I find that I cast my votes not on the basis of party loyalty but on the issues of the moment and my assessment of the candidates.” MomentsPoliticsPartyIssuesRepublicanVoteBasesIndependentDemocratCastsLoyaltyCandidatesAssessment Author:Walter Cronkite
“There is no point in trying to remember your dreams ... There is only the unspeakable joy of eavesdropping on your spirit, catching tiny glimpses of its independent life, resting for a moment in its wisdom, puzzling, laughing sometimes, over what it's up to, what it makes of you.” TryingSometimesMomentsDreamRememberJoySpiritLaughingIndependentTinyYour DreamsGlimpseCatchingNo PointUnspeakablePuzzlingEavesdroppingNo Point In TryingIndependent Life Author:Marsha Norman