“You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you.” TryingTurnsTreeDogCatApplesLemonsApple Trees Author:Diane Lane
“The trees are Indian Princes, But soon they'll turn to Ghosts; The scanty pears and apples Hang russet on the bough; Its Autumn, Autumn, Autumn late, 'Twill soon be Winter now. Robin, Robin Redbreast, O Robin dear! And what will this poor Robin do? For pinching days are near.” TurnsPoorTreeLateWinterDearGhostIndianApplesAutumnRobinsPearsPinchingRobin Redbreast Book:Songs, Ballads, and Stories: Including Many Now First Collected, the Rest Revised and Rearranged Source: Songs, Ballads, and Stories: Including Many Now First Collected, the Rest Revised and Rearranged
“Ingratitude is the frost that nips the flower even as it opens, that shrivels the generous apple on the branch, that freezes the fountain in mid-flow and numbs the hand, even in the very act of giving. It is a sin of silence, absence and omission, as winter's sin is a lack of light; a sin against charity, which otherwise warms the heart and, in the truest sense, makes the world turn.” WorldGivingHeartHandsLightTurnsSinSilenceFlowerFlowCharityWinterAbsenceGenerousApplesBranchesFountainFreezeTruestFrostIngratitudeOmission Author:Ann Wroe