Why do people who like to get up early look with disdain on those who like to lie in bed late? And why do people who like to work feel superior to those who prefer to dream?
When we contemplate buying something, we usually ask the price of it, then decide whether or not it is worth that much to us. But when we expend time… - Ruth Stout
When we contemplate buying something, we usually ask the price of it, then decide whether or not it is worth that much to us. But when we expend time…
- Ruth Stout
The central paradox and challenge of marriage is that we have to make family out of someone we're not related to. - Ruth Stout
The central paradox and challenge of marriage is that we have to make family out of someone we're not related to.
Why do people who like to get up early look with disdain on those who like to lie in bed late? And why do people who like to work feel superior to th… - Ruth Stout
Why do people who like to get up early look with disdain on those who like to lie in bed late? And why do people who like to work feel superior to th…
the bliss that comes from ignorance should seldom be encouraged for it is likely to do one out of a more satisfying bliss. - Ruth Stout
the bliss that comes from ignorance should seldom be encouraged for it is likely to do one out of a more satisfying bliss.
Working in the garden gives me something beyond the enjoyment of the senses. It gives me a profound feeling of inner peace. - Ruth Stout
Working in the garden gives me something beyond the enjoyment of the senses. It gives me a profound feeling of inner peace.
There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you.... In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in … - Ruth Stout
There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you.... In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in …
If 'heartache' sounds exaggerated then surely you have never gone to your garden one rare morning in June to find that the frost, without any percept… - Ruth Stout
If 'heartache' sounds exaggerated then surely you have never gone to your garden one rare morning in June to find that the frost, without any percept…
It’s a fair-sized job to write a book that people can be bothered just to read; when they begin to steal copies, you are really getting some place. - Ruth Stout
It’s a fair-sized job to write a book that people can be bothered just to read; when they begin to steal copies, you are really getting some place.
Only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself. - Ruth Stout
Only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself.
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