"Life's sharpest rapture is surcease of pain."

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Source : Emma Lazarus (2002). “Emma Lazarus: Selected Poems and Other Writings”, p.178, Broadview Press

Emma Lazarus

#Pain Quotes #Rapture Quotes

“Riding a bike works your legs but not your brain. Playing chess works your mind but not your body. Climbing brings it all together.”
“Idle and meaningless ... a form less solemn to me than the affirmation I would have reverently made.”
“I always wanted to know what lens they were on, how close they were. I didn't do it with a plan in mind, but I would instinctively gear what I was doing toward what lenses they were using.”
“Love is the undisturbed balance that binds this universe together.”
“I love L.A., but I don't live there. I spent some time there when I was recording 'Kaleidoscope,' mainly working with some of the artists I collaborated with. The city and people in L.A. have a great vibe and the weather is always beautiful.”
“It's been a great place to get in touch with what people are really thinking. And to make contact with readers and other writers. Egalitarian, wide open, like the Wild West!”
“Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom.”
“One of the first laws against air pollution came in 1300 when King Edward I decreed the death penalty for burning of coal. At least one execution for that offense is recorded. But economics triumphed over health considerations, and air pollution became an appalling problem in England.”

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