"How happily, how happily, the flowers die away! / Oh! Could we but return to earth as easily as they."

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Source : Caroline Anne Southey (1836). “The birth-day; a poem: to which are added, occasional verses”, p.178

Caroline Anne Southey

#Death Quotes #Flower Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I attract a crowd, not because I'm an extrovert or I'm over the top or I'm oozing with charisma. It's because I care.”
“Stand-up is not just an American thing anymore. It's global. In some places, stand-up comedy is brand new. South Africa has only had a scene for 15 years.”
“Whenever convictions are not arrived at by direct contact with the world and the objects themselves, but indirectly through a critique of the opinions of others, the processes of thinking are impregnated with ressentiment. The establishment of "criteria" for testing the correctness of opinions then becomes the most important task. Genuine and fruitful criticism judges all opinions with reference to the object itself. Ressentiment criticism, on the contrary, accepts no "object" that has not stood the test of criticism”

Source : Max Scheler, Harold J. Bershady (1992). “On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing: Selected Writings”, p.132, University of Chicago Press
“I ... received a few hugs and dutiful pecks on the cheek at bedtime, even a couple of 'thank-yous' thrown in for good measure. But I'd truly love for someone to explain why the father of my children can simply walk into the house, put down his briefcase, grunt 'Hi kids - howyadoing,' and all four offspring nearly hyperventilate trying to be the first to get close to him. They are crazy about this man, and all he has to do is walk into a room and breathe.”
“All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.”
“Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person's life its true meaning.”
“My life sucks when Iâ€™m only half-aware of it. If I quit drinking and saw what itâ€™s really like, Iâ€™d probably jump off a bridge.”
“I don't have much experience, but the few times when I would go on a date with a girl - like when I was 12 - there was a lot of sharing, and a lot of talking, and a lot of asking how I am. They thought we were dating, and I was sort of hoping to meet their brothers.”

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