"In Fleet Street, in Fleet Street, the People are so fleetThey barely touch the cobble-stones with their nimble feet!"

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Source : "Pan-Worship: And Other Poems (Fleet Street)". Book by Eleanor Farjeon, 1908.

Eleanor Farjeon

#Feet Quotes #People Quotes #Nimble Quotes

“That is what has been said in the media and at the trial. To this day nobody has produced one. There is no written confession, there is no tape recorded confession, there is no police stenographer typed confession .It was in my appeal, and the court refused to look at it and the state refused to answer it. If they had nothin' to hide I can't understand why they can't produce one.”
“Looking after children can be a subtle way of giving up... They become the whole ones, the well ones, the postponement of happiness, the ones who won't drink too much, give up, get divorced, become mentally ill. The part of oneself that's fighting against decay and depression is transferred to guarding them from decay and depression. In the meantime one decays and gets depressed.”
“Fear is energy which contracts, closes down, draws in, runs, hides, hoards, harms. Love is the energy which expands, opens up, sends out, stays, reveals, shares, HEALS.”
“The closet door is open for me, where I left it, since I left it open, it has graciously stayed open.”
“Unsaturated fat is an outrage.”
“Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone.”
“Don't soil your pretty little shoes The gutter's deep and red Climb up climb up and ride along with me the tumbrel driver said But she never said a word never turned her head Don't soil your pretty little pants I only go one way Climb up climb up and ride along with me There's no gold coach today But she never said a word never turned her head”

Source : Peter Weiss (1993). “Peter Weiss' The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat: As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade [a Play]”
“You have to know the human heart.”

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