Billy Collins, PoetBut here, the candles give off their warm glow,
the same light that Shakespeare and Isaac Walton
wrote by,
the light that lit and shadowed the faces of history.
Saling Alone Around the Room from the poem Osso Buco, page 50
Billy Collins, PoetBut here, the candles give off their warm glow,
the same light that Shakespeare and Isaac Walton
wrote by,
the light that lit and shadowed the faces of history.
Those evening clouds, that setting ray,
And beauteous tints, serves to display
Their great Creator's praise;
Then let the short-lived thing call'd man,
Whose life's comprised within a span,
To him is homage raise.
We often praise the evening clouds,
And tints so gay and bold,
But seldom think upon our God,
Who tinged these clouds with gold.
page 345Strategies of Survival
Wow strength of the human spirit!wounds heal, and you can become whole again, a little stronger and more human than before..
-- Antoine de St. Exupery, The Little Prince (English translation)"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--"The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock", by TS Eliot.For I have known them all already, known them all:
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;
I know the voices dying with a dying fall
Beneath the music from a farther room.
So how should I presume?
The thing about growing up with Fred and George," said Ginny thoughtfully, "is that you sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
- Harry Potter and the halfblood Prince by J.K. Rowling
“When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them."
—A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Ooooh, I like both of these; great choices! Winnie the Pooh does have several great quotes, but this is probably my all time favorite!BayleetheBookworm wrote: ↑01 Dec 2015, 04:21― A.A. Milne“How do you spell 'love'?" - Piglet
"You don't spell it...you feel it." - Pooh”
Winnie the Pooh just has so many good quotes! It's hard to pick just one.
My other favorite is from Wicked (one of my favorite musicals).― Glinda Wicked the Musical“Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?”
- Virginia Woolf, Between the Acts.Books are the mirrors of the soul.