"Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years."

-- Jean Paul

#Memories Quotes #Loss Quotes #Men Quotes

“I am so tired - so tired of being of being whirled on through all these phases of my life, in which nothing abides by me, no creature, no place; it is like the circle in which the victims of earthly passion eddy continually.”
“Democracy derailed is democracy denied.”
“In the end I created a career of my own, concentrating on my writing and lecturing, reaching larger audiences than I would had I ended up with tenure and a full teaching load. It was Virginia Woolf who said that it is terrible to be frozen out of a sacred tradition-but even more terrible to be frozen into it.”
“Photography is essentially an act of recognition by street photographers, not an act of invention. Photographers might respond to an old manâ€™s face, or an Arbus freak, or the way light hits a buildingâ€”and then they move on. Whereas in all the other art forms, take William Blake, everything that came to that paper never existed before. Itâ€™s the idea of alchemy, of making something from nothing.”
“Do you want a happy heart when you are old? Then get with the Lord and stay with Him. That is how it works.”
“Poor dusky children of slavery, men and women of my own race-the transition from slavery to freedom was too sudden for you! The bright dreams were too rudely dispelled; you were not prepared for the new life that opened before you, and the great masses of the North learned to look upon your helplessness with indifference-learned to speak of you as an idle, dependent race. Reason should have prompted kinder thoughts. Charity is ever kind.”

Source : Elizabeth Keckley (2016). “Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House”, p.52, Enhanced Media Publishing
“Every kid wants to reach their goals in life and be the best. During my Bruce Lee phase, I wanted to be the best martial artist in the world.”

Source : Source: theindiespiritualist.com
“People that went to art house theatre have more options, I used to go, but now think any movie can be delivered in a red envelope three months after it's released so why not watch it on my flat screen in the comfort of home.”

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