“What Is Love?
Love is a white flame - And a smouldering smoky fire
It is a green tree - And a grey cathedral spire
Love is an ecstasy - pure - It stirs in mud and slime
It is youth and delight - It is cold and sublime
There is none shall say
What love is - or is not,
And which of us shall say:
'Dwell!' or 'Depart!'
Love will not stay
And will not leave the heart
At our desire or plea.
But oh ! for me
This would I pray
That Love might be a tree
Rooted in time - for all eternity.”
―
Love is a white flame - And a smouldering smoky fire
It is a green tree - And a grey cathedral spire
Love is an ecstasy - pure - It stirs in mud and slime
It is youth and delight - It is cold and sublime
There is none shall say
What love is - or is not,
And which of us shall say:
'Dwell!' or 'Depart!'
Love will not stay
And will not leave the heart
At our desire or plea.
But oh ! for me
This would I pray
That Love might be a tree
Rooted in time - for all eternity.”
―
“Few people lived, as she did, with the constant feeling of having been born at the wrong time and in the wrong place. And fewer still realized, as she did, that all that was worth admiring, all that was beautiful and sublime, seemed to be vanishing with hardly a trace.”
― The Awakening of Miss Prim: A Novel
― The Awakening of Miss Prim: A Novel
“Life can turn on a dime. The appointment book reinforces my new awareness of this. We plan our days, but we don't control them.”
― Before We Were Yours
― Before We Were Yours
“We've certainly had more than our share of adventures, no one can deny it. And true love... to have that, we must be the most blessed of creatures.”
― The Princess Bride : S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
― The Princess Bride : S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
“I have learned a lot of lessons doing my job that might be valuable to other people. For example, there are times in life that you're just going to have to stand in a hole filled with manure to get the job done, and when that happens you do it and then you just wash it off and take satisfaction that you did a good job.”
― Never Turn Your Back on an Angus Cow: My Life As a Country Vet
― Never Turn Your Back on an Angus Cow: My Life As a Country Vet
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