"You've got to think of the fine times you had with your mate, not the moment of his perishin'. Every tear you shed now only wets his windin' sheet and disturbs his rest"

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Source : L. A. Meyer (2004). “Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy”, p.110, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

L.A. Meyer

#Thinking Quotes #Tears Quotes #Sailor Quotes

“If a servant strives to please his master and studies and takes pains to do it, I believe there are but few masters who would use such a servant cruelly.”

Source : Jupiter Hammon, Stanley Austin Ransom (1983). “America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc
“The greatest threat to mankind and civilization is the spread of the totalitarian philosophy. Its best ally is not the devotion of its followers but the confusion of its enemies. To fight it, we must understand it.”
“Chinese architecture has a complete organic structure; it contains both sensibility and purpose.”
“We want our performance to be perfect, so even if I have to stay up to practice with my unnies, even if itâ€™s really tiring, I know it is worth it”
“I actually have a lot of couples coming & telling me that one of my songs was instrumental in strengthening their romance.”
“In the late 60's to the early 70's, I was caught between the hippie and the skinhead movement. I had my hair cut so I didn't look like a straight at a hippie event, and I didn't look like a hippie at a skinhead event. It was a good haircut.”
“Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.”
“Only a few kinds of images force you to shut your eyes: death, suffering, the opening of the body, some aspects of ***** for some people, and for others, giving birth. In this case, the eyes become black holes in which the image is absorbed willingly or unwillingly, these images are swallowed up and hit just where it hurts, without passing though the usual filters.”

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