"Money is sullen And wisdom is sly, But youth is the pollen That blows through the sky And does not ask why."

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Source : STEPHEN VINCENT BENET (1928). “JOHN BROWN'S BODY”

Stephen Vincent Benet

#Blow Quotes #Sky Quotes #Sullen Quotes

“Whatsoever causes no annoyance when it is present, causes only a groundless pain in the expectation. Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not. It is nothing, then, either to the living or to the dead, for with the living it is not and the dead exist no longer.”
“I think I'd like to stay anchoring because, number one, I'm learning a lot, and I love it when I'm learning. And number two, I also have the luxury of a stable life.”
“Tell me the truth about death. I don't know what it is. We have them, then they are gone but they stay in our minds. Their stories are part of us as long as we live and as long as we tell them or write them down.”
“Everything, virtue, glory, honor, things human and divine, all are slaves to riches.”
“On every level, despite differences in personalities and jobs, every single human being needs recognition and support.”
“I like all Jim Carrey films. They're really funny.”
“Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous... I define vulnerability as emotional risk, exposure, uncertainty. It fuels our daily lives.”
“Growing up is scary because it happens without you knowing it.”

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