"The tender violet bent in smiles To elves that sported nigh, Tossing the drops of fragrant dew To scent the evening sky."

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Source : Elizabeth Oakes SMITH, John KEESE (of Newburyport, Mass.) (1843). “The Sinless Child, and Other Poems. Edited by J. Keese”, p.66

Elizabeth Oakes Smith

#Sky Quotes #Dew Quotes #Scent Quotes

“Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God.”
“He continued to be an infant long after he ceased to be a prodigy.”
“I don't ever believe in violence as a kind of medicine.”
“If we develop in-depth knowledge it will enable us to give our best to others and help to make a better world.”
“Probably everything we do is a publicity stunt ... we are not here to gather members, to please, to placate, to make friends. We're here to hold the radical line.”
“Deep down, I reckon the sweetest moment will come when it's finally all over. When, at last, I know that I can stop fighting. Of course it'll also be a little sad. The sweetest moments, y'know, always come with just a little sadness.”

Source : The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2003.
“East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean War in a way that seems unimaginable when you think of the history of the first half of the century.”
“An artist is no bigger than the size of his mind.”

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