#apples

Bean finds the best apple in our tree and hands it up to me. "You know what this tastes like when you first bite into it?" she asks. "No, what?" "Blue sky." "You're zoomed." "You ever eat blue sky?" "No," I admit. "Try it sometime," she says. "It's apple-flavored. ↗

— Rodman Philbrick

#humor #inspirational #life #obvious #humor

Some people expect things to fall into their lap. Oh, they might work a bit for it. I'll just shake this tree, and if I shake it long enough that pretty red apple will plop right into my hand. Never occurs to them that they might have to climb the damn tree, fall out a couple times, get some scrapes and bruises before they get to that apple. Because if the apple's worth wanting, it's worth risking a broken neck. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#determination #humor #love #love

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#apples #bedroom #convey #i #i can

Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too. ↗

— Joyce Cary

#eden #grow #imagination #like #love

I can't compare quarterbacks as apples and oranges in my mind because everybody's in a different system. ↗

— John Elway

#because #compare #different #everybody #i

Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce. ↗

— Natalie Goldberg

#die #drop #fall #how #jar

Second, when comparing private school and public school test scores, it's like apples and oranges. Public schools have to take everyone, but private schools can be selective. It's not accurate or fair to compare the job they do. ↗

— Dennis Moore

#apples #compare #comparing #everyone #fair

Politics is applesauce. ↗

— Will Rogers

#politics

Stories should be natural as apples, brief as lust, long as a thought. ↗

— Leonard Michaels

#lust #natural #story #thought #nature

And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart: Your seeds shall live in my body, And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart, And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#apples #eating #gratitude #recovery #recovery