Anton Maillard

“A farmer depends on himself, and the land and the weather. If you're a farmer, you raise what you eat, you raise what you wear, and you keep warm with wood out of your own timber. You work hard, but you work as you please, and no man can tell you to go or come. You'll be free and independent, son, on a farm.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farmer Boy

“Love helps those that are hard to pray for turn into people who are easy to pray for. — Donna Collins Tinsley —”
― Gary Chapman, Love Is a Verb Devotional: 365 Daily Inspirations to Bring Love Alive

“Julia thought him beautiful, though she knew it was the beauty of damage.”
― Audrey Niffenegger

“he wise man should always follow the roads that have been trodden by the great, and imitate those who have most excelled, so that if he cannot reach their perfection, he may at least acquire something of its savour.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince