"Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living."

-- Thomas Browne

#Departed Quotes #Soul Quotes #Shadow Quotes

“We can no longer continue with a status quo energy policy. We must create sustainable clean energy jobs and leave the planet to our children and grandchildren in better shape than we found it.”

Source : "Clean Energy is an Easy Choice" by Sen. Jeff Merkley, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.
“Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important, but because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one's role in society, and the relation between the two.”
“What I think I do is to relate any new material to how similar it is to something else. The closest that I can come up with something that's already in my experience, the easier it becomes. All I have to do then is remember where it differs, like relating a chord sequence that comes from some other tune, or several different tunes, or maybe parts of them and then work it from there.”
“You have to have a lifestyle if you live in LA, otherwise it's deadly.”
“I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.”

Source : "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day". Book by Judith Viorst, June 16, 1972.
“My sons have such a deep access to my heart.”
“I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony orchestra.”
“I do like to keep my private life to myself. But then again, I don't really get up to much.”

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