"Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe, - Sailed on a river of crystal light Into a sea of dew."

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Source : "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" l. 1 (1889)

Eugene Field

#Night Quotes #Light Quotes #Sea Quotes

“Life is not something to be lived through: it is something to be lived up to. It is a privilege, not a penal servitude of so many decades on earth.”

Source : William George Jordan (2007). “The Majesty of Calmness”, p.44, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
“I'm not happy, frankly. Because I think in a civil society we don't need firearms.”
“In Missouri, it's a 50/50 state, so I'm kind of used to half the state being mad at me.”
“But the real life of a writer resides in showing up at the keyboard every day, with the necessary patience and mercy, and making the best decisions you can on behalf of your people. It's a slow process. It often feels hopeless, more like an affliction than an art form. Most of us will have to find our readers one by one, in other words, and against considerable resistance. If anything qualifies us as heroic, it's that private perpetual struggle. Put down that magazine, soldier. Forget about the other guy. Remember who you are.”

Source : "The New Yorker’s One Over 40" by Steve Almond, therumpus.net. June 14, 2010.
“It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.”

Source : Margot Asquith (1934). “More Or Less about Myself”
“Let it (what you have written) be kept back until the ninth year. [Lat., Nonumque prematur in annum.]”
“Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.”
“There is such a thing as society. It's just not the same thing as the state.”

Source : "In Full: Cameron Victory Speech". news.bbc.co.uk. December 06, 2005.

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