We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. —Shirley Abbott More about this quote Tags: history knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations from Shirley Abbott This was the dawn of plastic eating in America. . . . We doted on Velveeta. Spam. Canned ravioli. Instant puddings. Instant anything. The farther a thing was from the texture, flavor, and terrifying unpredictability of real food, the better. —Shirley Abbott More about this quote Tags: reality USA America food better flavor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email As I grew to adolescence, I imagined, from closely observing the boredom and vexations of matrimony, that the act my parents committed and the one I so longed to commit must be two different things. —Shirley Abbott More about this quote Tags: parents boredom marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
This was the dawn of plastic eating in America. . . . We doted on Velveeta. Spam. Canned ravioli. Instant puddings. Instant anything. The farther a thing was from the texture, flavor, and terrifying unpredictability of real food, the better. —Shirley Abbott More about this quote Tags: reality USA America food better flavor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
As I grew to adolescence, I imagined, from closely observing the boredom and vexations of matrimony, that the act my parents committed and the one I so longed to commit must be two different things. —Shirley Abbott More about this quote Tags: parents boredom marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “knowledge” In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. —William Blake More about this quote Tags: learning knowledge teaching Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Love isn't about what you have or who you know. It's about how you earn what you have and how you treat those you love. The material things don't matter when your heart is full of joy and contentment. —Lisa De Jong in Plastic Hearts More about this quote Tags: love knowledge joy contentment Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book. —Cyril Connolly More about this quote Tags: learning people knowledge books the country Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Sometimes when you finally find out, you realize that you were much better off not knowing. —Audrey Niffenegger in Her Fearful Symmetry More about this quote Tags: ignorance knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em. —Yogi Berra More about this quote Tags: learning knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. —William Blake More about this quote Tags: learning knowledge teaching Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Love isn't about what you have or who you know. It's about how you earn what you have and how you treat those you love. The material things don't matter when your heart is full of joy and contentment. —Lisa De Jong in Plastic Hearts More about this quote Tags: love knowledge joy contentment Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book. —Cyril Connolly More about this quote Tags: learning people knowledge books the country Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Sometimes when you finally find out, you realize that you were much better off not knowing. —Audrey Niffenegger in Her Fearful Symmetry More about this quote Tags: ignorance knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em. —Yogi Berra More about this quote Tags: learning knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email