Jose Lezama Lima famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Good night; ensured release, Imperishable peace, Have these for yours. * While sky and sea and land And earth's foundations stand And heaven endures. *These three lines are on the tablet over Housman's grave in the parish church at Ludlow, Shropshire, England
The sea is endless when you are in a rowboat.
I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea.
Then you hold life like a face between your palms, a plain face, no charming smile, no violet eyes, and you say, yes, I will take you I will love you, again.
Violet, the Dowager Countess: â€˜I have plenty of friends I donâ€™t like.
I do love violets; they tell the history of woman's love.
The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.
Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.
But pain is hard to put into words and in life there is always pain. Itâ€™s as natural as birth or death. Pain makes us who we are, it teaches us and tames us, it can destroy and it can save.

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