"And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns."

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Source : Thomas Moore (1845). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, Etc”, p.174

Thomas Moore

#Nature Quotes #Flower Quotes #Heart Quotes

“It's fine to be insane as long as you keep it to yourself.”

Source : Carol Plum-Ucci (2011). “Following Christopher Creed”, p.65, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I had always been in love with him. I counted the lashes of each closed eye. He had been my almost, my might have been, and I did not want to leave him”
“This is what I found out about religion: It gives you courage to make the decisions you must make in a crisis, and then the confidence to leave the result to a higher Power. Only by trust in God can a man carrying responsibility find repose.”
“You can't be everybody's friend, you can't save the world, I learned this word: self-preservation. Once you do that, you can be friends with people, but how would you be a friend to anybody if you're not a friend to yourself.”
“Very big business is in bed with very big government in Washington, and has more to do with what the average person sees, hears and reads than most people know.”
“Time that is spent dwelling on the past will surely continue in your present moment - and the future.”
“Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.”
“The festivals are cool because you make a lot of connections at the festivals.”

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