M.K. South Quotes
There is not the least flower but seems to hold up its head, and to look pleasantly, in the secret sense of the goodness of its Heavenly Maker.
For he that is a good man, is three quarters of his way towards the being a good Christian, wheresoever he lives, or whatsoever he is called.
God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again.
The tide was a poem that only time could create, and I watched it stream and brim and makes its steady dash homeward, to the ocean.
Night always turns to day again as long as the sun shall rise, so shall it be for darkened dreams grown pale from compromise
Relationships are built in the silences.
Learn from your past and be better because of your past, but don't cry about your past. Life is full of pain. Let the pain sharpen you, but don't hold on to it. Don't be bitter.
What is wrong about me loving you, anyway? You make me better. You make me feel special. You make me feel like I can do anything.
We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.
If your brother can't 'old 'is own against a bunch of orphans, 'e'd best leave off playing 'azard altogether!
Mr. Brundy, " she said with a nod, making the most perfunctory of curtsies to her father's guest.He made no move to take her hand, but merely bowed and responded in kind. "Lady '
Republicans have succeeded with a social agenda that gets people to vote against their own interests while the Democrats are so elitist that they can't tap into the anger that's real.
It didn't matter that there was a war on our doorstep. She had things to do, places to be.
When you’re always scheming about ways to make money, it’s like a part of you is lost.
A visit to the family farm in spring means witnessing growth and challenge and beauty and stillness all rolled into one.
And when he got home he started on Mumma. He hated her then, because in her fatness and untidiness and drabness she reminded him of what he himself was when he was sober.
What we needed were not words and promises but the steady accumulation of small realities.
Look at the rain long enough, with no thoughts in your head, and you gradually feel your body falling loose, shaking free of the world of reality. Rain has the power to hypnotize.
This was a cruel world she had been born into, all pink and squirming. She'd never wanted to see reality. Now, like the cold, it was impossible to ignore.
It was as if - this something I thought of only later, of course - she was gently peeling back one layer after another that covered a person's heart, a very sensual feeling.
There are some things in this world that can be done over, and some that can't. And time passing is one thing that can't be redone. Come this tar, and you can't come back.
There are some things in this world that can be done over, and some that can't. And time passing is one thing that can't be undone. Come this far, and you can't go back.
Conventional wisdom may not be wise.Good fortune and bad luck do not exist.Freedom of choice is predetermined.Don’t believe anything you read!
It was as if-this is something I thought of only later, of course-she was gently peeling bcd one layer after another hat covered a person's heart, a very sensual feeling.
It was as if - this something I thought of only later, of course - she were gently peeling back one layer after another that covered a person's heart, a very sensual feeling.
If I grew up in the simple-minded belief that women were as strong and intelligent as men, it was because I came from a society that had once believed it.
The first thing the therapist asked me was, 'Are you here because you're depressed?' I said, 'Not at all--I'm here because I'm Southern.'" Anne Herndon
I forgive him and like water draining from the sand after a wave, the power he held over me disappears. A slow smile rises on my face.
Then she said, with piteous defiance, "If I could love her, the Good Lord could, and he won't be too hard on an old lady who didn't have an easy life.
He swallowed down the dry choking sobs which had been heaving up from his heart hitherto ...
That was my mom. Don't fight the system. Mock the system.
But that night in her dream she flew high above the earth in a moonless sky. Behind her, like a falling star, sailed a silver sled.
Whatever yerz’re lookin’ for, I hope yerz find it. Yerz moight’ve never lost it!
If the landscape of human emotion were to exist in country, it would be in Italy." ~Lisa Fantino/Amalfi Blue
But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to.
Poverty is what you see in the eyes of a Black child living in the squatter camp.Matsime Simon Mohapi
The tricky thing about the hood is that you’re always working, working, working, and you feel like something’s happening, but really nothing’s happening at all.
The world has been taught to be scared of him, but the reality is that he is scared of the world because he has none of the tools necessary to cope with it.
How unlucky she was--born with adventurous hooves that were stuck inside a pen. But she wasn't giving up. If there was a way out, Flora said to herself, she would find it.
I think we're all aiming to be something better than what everyone thinks we were born to be
You'll never make it out there. You weren't made for South Pole adventures." Flora gave her an icy look. "I think I know by now what I was made for.
When asked what profession they like least, most people will give the obvious answer: clowns.
This is why it is important never to pick or smell flowers, and to always wear headgear when admiring them.
Nothing says you care like sending someone a kitten.
Brunch is such an odd thing. It was created by fat, lazy people who were too lazy to wake up at a reasonable hour and too fat to wait until the next proper time for dining.
I take account of my life and find that I have lived a lot and learned very little.
You want to live in a world where someone is good or bad. Where you either hate them or love them. But that's not how people are.
Idleness and solitude led to these dramatics: an ordinary turd indulging himself as the chief of sinners.