"Time and fevers burn away Individual beauty from Thoughtful children, and the grave Proves the child ephemeral"

-- W. H. Auden

#Death Quotes #Children Quotes #Thoughtful Quotes

“Abstinence is a window of clarity through which one can better find one's work and one's mate.”
“Along the way they're (MLB) going to lose millions of more American fans...”
“After a conversation with someone that went on all night, but I didn't take much persuading, and the next day I was a vegetarian. It came down to one question, can you be healthy without killing animals? If the answer is 'yes' then the only reason you're killing is because you like the taste. But you can't take a life just because you like its taste.”
“Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.”
“I am convinced that in times such as these, every man must be a soldier, in substance as well as in name.”

Source : "The Fight for the Pacific". Book by by Mark Gayn, p.157, 1941.
“I come from a broken home. My parents split up when I was nine. Everyone gave me a good wallop. But I come from a time when you just put up with that, you got on with things rather than sitting moaning about them.”
“Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.”

Source : John Ortberg (2001). “If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat”, p.24, Harper Collins
“All I know is when I start getting serious about songwriting... it's like a playground. All responsibilities slip away and you're with your essence. There can be delight there and self-discovery. You can dance there... I think of it as my serious playground.”

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