"Love laid his sleepless head On a thorny rose bed: And his eyes with tears were red, And pale his lips as the dead."

-- Algernon Charles Swinburne

#Life Quotes #Eye Quotes #Rose Quotes

“You never had the opportunity to play with some of the great ballplayers, but being that close around them, and being in the same category, was a great feeling, to feel that vibe of all the best players who played the game.”
“If you banish fear, nothing terribly bad can happen to you.”
“The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed.”
“Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies.”
“Spirituality is not primarily about values and ethics, not about exhortations to do right or live well. The spiritual traditions are primarily about reality...an effort to penetrate the illusions of the external world and to name its underlying truth.”
“I have a heart with room for every joy .”

Source : Philip James Bailey (1848). “Beauties of Festus”, p.156
“Dear parents, Jasmine was in a relationship with a dirty homeless boy named Aladdin. Snow White lived alone with 7 men. Pinnochio was a liar. Robin Hood was a thief. Tarzan walked around without clothes on. A stranger kissed sleeping beauty and she married him. Cinderella lied and snuck out at night to attend a party. You can't blame us. We were taught to rebel since a young age.”
“The child of God should not be overanxious to make new gains; what he essentially requires is to keep what he already has, for not losing is itself a gain. The way to retain what he possesses is to engage it.”

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