#ado

They had always dreamed of a large family but have now realized that they would be equally blessed to have even one child. ↗

— Jane Green

#child #children #dreams

There was the situation in Nicaragua where the Sandinistas had taken over a couple of years earlier. There was a civil war going on in El Salvador and there was a similar situation in Guatemala. So Honduras was in a rather precarious geographic position indeed. ↗

— John Negroponte

#civil war #couple #earlier #el salvador #geographic

One of the things that I've learned working with Madonna is you just move forward. It's really rare that she ever brings up the past. ↗

— Guy Oseary

#ever #forward #i #just #learned

Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't three lefts make a right? Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't two negatives make a positive? ↗

— Andrew Clements

#beautiful #clements #inspirational #ironic #life

It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#among #below #extensive #glow #gorgeous

It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these unfortunate coincidences than that he should adopt the melancholy device of using blanks or asterisks. ↗

— James Payn

#actions #adopt #asterisks #better #blanks

I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate. ↗

— Guy Pearce

#affinity #cats #grew #i #operate

The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul. ↗

— Ralph Peters

#age #biggest #biggest problems #century #face

I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#artists #bunch #discovered #early #especially

We become adolescents when the words that adults exchange with one another become intelligible to us. ↗

— Natalia Ginzburg

#intelligence