"All birds during the pairing season become more or less sentimental, and murmur soft nothings in a tone very unlike the grinding-organ repetition and loudness of their habitual song. The crow is very comical as a lover; and to hear him trying to soften his croak to the proper Saint-Preux standard has something the effect of a Mississippi boatman quoting Tennyson."

-- James Russell Lowell

#Song Quotes #Bird Quotes #Crow Quotes

“Indeed, the "whole bourgeoisie" on whose behalf the government was acting as its "committee" was a composite of a vast multitude of businessmen appearing as a conglomeration of many different and divergent groups and interests.”

Source : Paul A. Baran (1968). “Political Econ of Growth”, p.93, NYU Press
“The further on we go, the more meaning there is, but the less articulable. You live your life and the older you get- the more specifically you harvest- the more precious becomes every ounce and spasm. Your life and times donâ€™t drain of meaning because they become more contradictory, ornamented by paradox, inexplicable. The less explicable, the more meaning. The less like a mathematics equation (a sum game); the more like music (significant secret).”
“Be not solitary, be not idle”

Source : The Anatomy of Melancholy pt. 3, sec. 4 (1621 - 1651) See Samuel Johnson 97
“Every highly successful person is a maniac on a mission. Too much agreement kills a chat”
“If there is such a thing as a universal--and I wasn't ready to throw all of mine out the window--it's that there is power in a story. And if someone pays you such a kindness as to make up a tale so you'll enjoy a gingersnap, you go along with that story and enjoy every last bite.”

Source : Clare Vanderpool (2010). “Moon Over Manifest”, p.144, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“Every nation needs two wings to fly. Any bird torn at the wings will never soar the skies.”
“Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away.”
“I heard the South African 'keeper had been killed and I thought it was probably one of their former goalkeepers, but when I confirmed it was Senzo Meyiwa, I was shattered.”

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