"How often I admire the taste shown in the garden which, within the house, may be indifferent. Here is an art which is today probably more perfect than at any previous time, one which does not break with the past, while it brings a sense of comely order, and a radiant beauty, to cottage and manor alike."

-- William Rothenstein

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“As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts for decades.”

Source : Frank Moore Colby (1926). “The Colby Essays: Tailor blood and other notes and comments”
“Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.”
“I love a red lip - it's such a powerful statement. It exudes confidence and makes for a bold look.”
“Writers sometimes talk as though they were the only friends of civilization. This is their conceit. But they have special powers to serve -- or to corrupt -- civilization, and are obliged to use them.”
“I want war. To me all means will be right. My motto is not "Don't, whatever you do, annoy the enemy." My motto is "Destroy him by all and any means." I am the one who will wage the war!”
“The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find someone chock - full of qualms and romantic terrors, believing change is a threat - like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle I took such months to get.”
“Now spring returns; but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health have flown.”
“I enjoy almost everything. Yet I have some restless searcher in me. Why is there not a discovery in life? Something one can lay hands on and say â€œThis is itâ€? My depression is a harassed feeling. Iâ€™m looking: but thatâ€™s not it â€” thatâ€™s not it. What is it? And shall I die before I find it?”

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