"And would it not be proud romance Falling in some obscure advance, To rise, a poppy field of France?"

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Source : William Alexander Percy (2013). “Collected Poems”, p.171, Knopf

William Alexander Percy

#Fall Quotes #Romance Quotes #Proud Quotes

“Pigeon-holes are only comfortable for pigeons.”

Source : Jessye Norman (2014). “Stand Up Straight and Sing!”, p.155, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to go in the dark, will sing for fear.”
“Knowledge is boundless,--human capacity, limited.”
“Strange the workings of the heart. One could go on for years, habituated to loss, reconciled to it, and then, in a moments unwary thought, the pain resurfaced, sharp and raw as a fresh wound.”
“War begins like a pretty girl with whom every man wants to flirt and ends like an ugly old woman whose visitors suffer and weep.”
“The coach's main job is 20 percent technical and 80 percent inspirational.”
“Ive always really been into science, and in the last five years Ive gotten into theoretical physics and the origins of the universe.”
“Filthy talk makes us feel comfortable with filthy action. But the one who knows how to control the tongue is prepared to resist the attacks of lust”

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