Marley

“It is far better to be often deceived than never to trust; to be disappointed in love, than never to love.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

“This having learnt, thou hast attained the sum
Of Wisdom; hope no higher, though all the Stars Thou knew’st by name, and all th’ ethereal Powers, All secrets of the deep, all Nature’s works, Or works of God in Heav’n,
Air, Earth, or Sea, And all riches of this World enjoy’dst,
And all the rule, one Empire: only add
Deeds to thy knowledge answerable,
add Faith, add Virtue, Patience, Temperance, add Love,
By name to come called Charity, the soul
Of all the rest: then wilt though not be loth
To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess
A paradise within thee, happier far.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

“Let us eat, drink, and love for tomorrow we die, would be in fact the language of reason, the morality of life; and who but a fool would part with a reality for a fleeting shadow?”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

“we must love life, and cling to it; we must love the living smile, the sympathetic touch, and thrilling voice, peculiar to our mortal mechanism. Let us not, through security in hereafter, neglect the present. This present moment, short as it is, is a part of eternity, and the dearest part, since it is our own unalienably.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, The Last Man