"When I had money, money, O! I knew no joy till I went poor; For many a false man as a friend Came knocking all day at my door."

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Source : William Henry Davies, “Money”

W. H. Davies

#Money Quotes #Men Quotes #Doors Quotes

“I wrote a great deal of verse. In fact, every time I fell in love, which was rather often, I burst into the emotional sort of thing which is perennially salable.”
“I helped you because you're new, and because when there's two people in a cell then there's only a fifty percent chance they'll take you.”

Source : Alexander Gordon Smith (2010). “Escape from Furnace 1: Lockdown”, p.51, Faber & Faber
“Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it.”
“I write almost every single part of my songs, even the actual drum parts sometimes, whether they be simple or layered with many different instruments.”
“If humanity does not evolve spiritually - each one of us and collectively - our species won't make it. So following that back to each individual - every day you are faced with choices.”
“I love the sea but it does not love me. The sea is like a desert in that it is quite rightly feared. The sea and the desert are both hungry, they have things to be getting on with so you do not go into them lightly.”

Source : Tim Winton (2012). “Land's Edge: A Coastal Memoir”, p.33, Pan Macmillan
“Despite the hundreds of attempts, police terror and the concentration camps have proved to be more or less impossible subjects for the artist; since what happened in them was beyond the imagination, it was therefore also beyond art and all those human values on which art is traditionally based.”

Source : Al Alvarez (2013). “The Savage God: A Study of Suicide”, p.271, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread - but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow.”

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