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I speak softly, looking at her mouth as I do. "Do you remember the orange grove, Olivia? — Tarryn Fisher

I drove a tractor almost as soon as I could reach the pedals. — Sheri L. Dew

Just a wee cot-the crickets chirr-love and the smiling face of her. — James Whitcomb Riley

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time. — James Whitcomb Riley

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these. — James Whitcomb Riley

Books are boring," James said as he wrote.
"They line the walls like a thousand leather doorways to be opened into worlds unknown," I offered. — Laura Whitcomb

Over the very long term, history shows that the chances of any business surviving in a manner agreeable to a company's owners are slim at best. — Charlie Munger

It was love at first sight. — Joseph Heller

It still is on the run,
time that is. — Amanda Leigh

Think of him still as the same, I say, He is not dead, he is just - away. — James Whitcomb Riley

It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice. — James Whitcomb Riley

Never back down from a real challenge. They give the best lessons in life. — Lil' Wayne

To desperately hope," I whispered
James let out a breath. "To gratefully believe. — Laura Whitcomb

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck. — James Whitcomb Riley

Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare, and left the flushed print in a poppy there. — Francis Thompson

I would court you with a passion, if things were different. — Laura Whitcomb

Stay away from me so I don't feel anything for you anymore. — Rachel Gibson

O'er folded blooms On swirls of musk, The beetle booms adown the glooms And bumps along the dusk. — James Whitcomb Riley

He is not dead, he is just - away. — James Whitcomb Riley

Sometimes during a ballet I'll look around and see all these rows of intent faces, concentrating on this beautiful thing up on the stage. — Robert Caro

Long about knee-deep in June,
'Bout the time strewberries melts
On the vine. — James Whitcomb Riley

Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear; And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near. — James Whitcomb Riley

The ripest peach is highest on the tree. — James Whitcomb Riley

I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific. — Lion Feuchtwanger

I take vitamins. — Hillary Clinton

To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face. — James Whitcomb Riley

God alone knows how to bring success and strengthen us in it — Sunday Adelaja

Ladies: You have to support an infant with a hand under its head. — Robert Gottlieb

Perhaps we've never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon Earth and decided there's no sign of intelligent life. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

That's what I am. I warn people. Whenever I see and I feel things in my heart, I speak it. — RZA

One naked star has waded through
The purple shallows of the night,
And faltering as falls the dew
It drips its misty light. — James Whitcomb Riley

O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock. — James Whitcomb Riley