"Lilacs, False Blue, White, Purple, Colour of lilac, Your great puffs of flowers Are everywhere in this my New England ... Lilacs in dooryards Holding quiet conversation with an early moon; Lilacs watching a deserted house; ... Lilacs, wind-beaten, staggering under a lopsided shock of bloom, You are everywhere."

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Source : Amy Lowell, “Lilacs”

Amy Lowell

#Spring Quotes #Flower Quotes #Moon Quotes

“Now, as an adult, I appreciate those memories. Mom taught me the importance of compassion for your waitress, your crossing guard, your mailman.”

Source : "Cate Edwards: What No One Knows About My Mother, Elizabeth Edwards". www.glamour.com. October 6, 2011.
“It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet.”

Source : Lytton Strachey (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)”, p.751, Delphi Classics
“When I was younger, I used to write to directors when I was unsure I could play a role. I'd say: 'You've made a terrible mistake.'”
“Well when I was young, when I was very young, when I was a little boy I don't remember the music I heard, but there was an article in the Brooklyn Daily written by my Aunt about how I could choose phonograph records.”
“There's something touching about a kid who's reading a book that's printed on actual paper. I think that anything that kids start reading, within reason, can lead to other discoveries.”
“I pretty much only wear high heels.”
“I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.”
“My girlfriend said she wanted me to tease her, so I said "Alright, fatty."”

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