“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
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“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.”
― Maxims
― Maxims
“She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.”
― The Mandarins
― The Mandarins
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.”
― Auguries of Innocence
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.”
― Auguries of Innocence
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