Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Words are so powerful. They can crush a heart, or heal it. They can shame a soul or liberate it. They can shatter dreams or energize them. They can obstruct connection or invite it. They can create defenses, or melt them. We have to use our words wisely.

Come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned.

Carolyn Chute: (born Carolyn Penny; June 14, 1947). American writer and populist political activist who is strongly identified with the culture of poor, rural western Maine. Rod Dreher, writing in The American Conservative, has referred to Chute as “a Maine novelist and gun enthusiast who, along with her husband, lives an aggressively unorthodox life in… Lees verder Carolyn Chute

Sarah Ban Breathnach: Best-selling author, philanthropist and public speaker. She is the author of thirteen books, including Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, which spent more than two years on The New York Times Best Seller list where it held the number one position for a year. To date, Simple Abundance has sold… Lees verder Sarah Ban Breathnach

Brad Paisley: (Glen Dale, West Virginia, 28 October 1972). American country singer, guitarist and songwriter. Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.

Some of us aren’t meant to belong. Some of us have to turn the world upside down and shake the hell out of it until we make it our own place.

We spend January first walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but for potential.

Jerry Spinelli: (born February 1, 1941). American writer of children’s novels that feature adolescence and early adulthood. His novels include Maniac Magee, Stargirl, and Wringer. I love beginnings. If I were in charge of calendars, every day would be January one.

Charlotte Brontë: (Thornton, 21 April 1816 – Haworth, 31 March 1855). British writer and the eldest of the three Brontë sisters, whose novels became classics of English literature. Her sisters also became famous as novelists: Anne, the youngest and Emily the middle. There was also a brother, Branwell, who painted. Their father, Patrick Brontë (1777-1861),… Lees verder Charlotte Brontë

M. (Margot) L. Stedman: Born and raised in Western Australia, and now lives in London, UK. The Light Between Oceans is her first novel. January looks forward to the new year and back to the old year. He sees the past and future.