"As well might you leave the fairies to plough your land or the idle winds to sow it, as sit down and wait for freedom."

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Source : Thomas Osborne Davis (1920*). “Thomas Davis: Selections from His Prose and Poetry”

Thomas Davis

#Wind Quotes #Land Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.”
“You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels.”
“God is love? Not bloody likely.”
“The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword.”
“In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate a new government on a day that transcends any one individual or any one party.”
“Roman is my alter ego. He's mean. *He says the things I can't say.”
“It appears that the ground of being which underlies and sustains us despite our various inadequate and conflicting stories must be extremely tolerant, generous, and forgiving. All things considered, it wouldn't hurt if we were, too.”
“... anything difficult to say must be shouted from the rooftops.”

Source : Natalie Clifford Barney (1992). “Adventures of the Mind: The Memoirs of Natalie Clifford Barney”, p.21, NYU Press

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