"If I should go before the rest of you Break not a flower nor inscribe a stone, Nor when I'm gone speak in a Sunday voice But be the usual selves that I have known. Weep if you must, Parting is hell, But life goes on, So sing as well."

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Source : Joyce Grenfell, Reggie Grenfell, Richard Garnett (1980). “Joyce”

Joyce Grenfell

#Flower Quotes #Sunday Quotes #Self Quotes

“If there is one thing to do, it is to do introspective soul searching to find your passion.”
“The British government believes we must be resolved to disarming Saddam Hussein. It must be done before the terror weapons he possesses can be used by Saddam himself or by others with his blessing. We must steel ourselves to the consequences of that resolve and send a clear message to Saddam Hussein: You cannot win. You can only comply and disarm or be defeated. The choice is entirely yours.”

Source : "Hoon: 'No hope' without war threat", www.cnn.com. February 24, 2003.
“You are afraid to die?' Yes, everyone is.' But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together. Girls are caterpillars when they live in the world, to be finally butterflies when the summer comes; but in the meantime there are grubs and larvae, don't you see - each with their peculiar propensities, necessities and structures.”

Source : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (2015). “Carmilla”, p.33, Booklassic
“You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Compiled by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt and Kate Louise Roberts, p. 677, 1922.
“The greatest thing a man can do for himself is to marry someone who is infinitely better than he is. And that's exactly what I did.”

Source : David Finch (2012). “The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband”, p.224, Simon and Schuster
“The way I see it, love is an amusement park, and food its souvenir.”

Source : "Moose: A Memoir". Book by Stephanie Klein, www.today.com. 2008.
“Curran scrutinized Martâ€™s face. â€œI canâ€™t figure out if he wants to kill you or screw you.â€ â€œIâ€™ll be glad to make the choice for him.â€ Curran looked back at me. â€œWhy is it you always attract creeps?â€ â€œYou tell me.â€ Ha! Walked right into that one, yes, he did.”
“I make the woman look at the camera as a symbol of all the eyes that will see the picture I am making.”

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