"After his death the gardener does not become a butterfly, intoxicated by the perfumes of the flowers, but a garden worm tasting all the dark, nitrogenous, and spicy delights of the soil."

-- Karel Capek

#Flower Quotes #Butterfly Quotes #Dark Quotes

“The US is not a superpower. The US is a financially dependent country that foreign lenders can close down at will. Washington still hasnâ€™t learned this. American hubris can lead the administration and Congress into a bailout solution that the rest of the world, which has to finance it, might not accept.”

Source : Paul Craig Roberts (2010). “How the Economy was Lost: The War of the Worlds”, p.1976, AK Press
“When actors are the real deal, all that star whatever goes right out the window and you're there to tell a story.”
“Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, "Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night." You will be right. For that is the hard home-run. Live not for battles won. Live not for the-end-of-the-song. Live in the along.”

Source : Gwendolyn Brooks, “Speech To The Young: Speech To The Progress-Toward”
“Imagine a pantomime directed by Quentin Tarantino, where villains are booed, heroes are blood-stained, the body-count is high, the entertainment pulsating, the language filthy and the audience screamed behind you'' as tackles hurtled in like boulders crashing down a mountain-side. Such was the epic drama that gripped the Emirates yesterday. A derby crammed with sound, fury and significance ended with everyone grasping for breath, with Arsenal regaining the high ground of the Premier League... This was the Premier League at its raw, mistake-filled, mesmerising best. Utterly compelling.”
“The mountains look on Marathon And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free.”
“I always interpret coincidences as little clues to our destiny”

Source : Ann Brashares (2012). “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection”, p.207, Delacorte Press
“I never give up. Doesn't matter what the score is.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own.”

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