Ashton Darracott

“The world says: "You have needs -- satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“Man is a bird without wings and a bird is a man without sorrow.”
― Louis de Bernières, Birds Without Wings

“Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations.”
― Lawrence Ferlinghetti

“To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.”
― Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History