"Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hand of the Angel of the Resurrection."

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

#Birthday Quotes #Angel Quotes #Wind Quotes

“The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep.”

Source : Henry Maudsley (1895). “The Pathology of Mind”
“At the end of our time on earth, if we have lived fully, we will not be able to say, 'I was always happy.' Hopefully, we will be able to say, 'I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments.'”
“Mr Jarndyce, and prevented his going any farther, when he had remarked that there were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all.”
“I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot.”
“For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really kind of nice.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses.”
“Humor prevents a hardening of the attitudes.”
“Persecutors are almost always former Victims.”

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