“Tonight’s December thirty-first,
Something is about to burst.
The clock is crouching, dark and small,
Like a time bomb in the hall.
Hark, it's midnight, children dear.
Duck! Here comes another year!”
― Collected Verse from 1929 On
Something is about to burst.
The clock is crouching, dark and small,
Like a time bomb in the hall.
Hark, it's midnight, children dear.
Duck! Here comes another year!”
― Collected Verse from 1929 On
“Belief builds from scratch. Doesn’t have to relax, it doesn’t need space”
―
―
“دائما اقف محتارة أمام تجليات الناس، بعضهم من كبار السن من الأميين الذين لم يذهبوا لمدرسة في أيّ يوم من حياتهم، لكنهم فجأة يقولون كلاماً عميقاً إلى حد أن أي متعلم لا يستطيع قول نصفه .”
― أعراس آمنة
― أعراس آمنة
“One is happy once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience.”
― Correspondance, 1812-1876; Volume 5
― Correspondance, 1812-1876; Volume 5
“But I'm not here just to make records and money. I'm here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: "Do you know this feeling?”
― Life
― Life
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