"But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest."

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Source : Billy Collins (2011). “Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems”, p.49, Random House

Billy Collins

#Contentment Quotes #Tonight Quotes #Lions Quotes

“I've always made music from the heart, and that's what I do. And at the end of the day, whether it works or not, I can say I tried my best.”
“If you don't like my ocean don't fish in my sea Stay out of my valley and let my mountain be.”
“There is no darkness as dark as a great light corrupted.”

Source : Lauren Kate (2013). “The Fallen Series: 4-Book Collection”, p.998, Delacorte Press
“The time has come to choose a new direction of global development, to opt for a new civilization.”
“I do not care to paint portraits indoors. I cannot feel sympathetic.”
“What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.”
“The argument holds no water at all, not even a thimbleful.”
“If you decide to become a veterinary surgeon you will never grow rich, but you will have a life of endless interest and variety.”

Source : James Herriot (2012). “If Only They Could Talk: The classic memoirs of a 1930s vet”, p.103, Pan Macmillan

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