"The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose's scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose."

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Source : 'Daisy' (1913)

Francis Thompson

#Love Quotes #Flower Quotes #Rose Quotes

“Many writers-in-waiting spend a lot of time avoiding the work at hand. The most common way to avoid writing is by procrastination. This is the writer's greatest enemy. There is little to say about it except that once you decide to write every day, you must make yourself sit at the desk or table for the required period whether or not you are putting down words. Make yourself take the time even if the hours seem fruitless. Ideally, after a few days or weeks of being chained to the desk, you will submit to the story that must be told.”
“Life is a highway - the enjoyment you get depends on the lane you choose.”
“Women will not be free until we can speak our minds and our hearts without having to worry that men will crucify us, women will crucify us, the press will crucify us, or our children will be ashamed... Women are still in emotional bondage as long as we feel we have to make a choice between being heard and being loved.”
“He sat a long time and he thought about his life and how little of it he could ever have foreseen and he wondered for all his will and all his intent how much of it was his doing.”
“This whole generation of parents - I'm guilty of it too - does too much for their kids.”
“I always want to watch something I've done, so that I know what I didn't do well.”

Source : "Ezra Miller and Michael Angarano on Going Method and The Stanford Prison Experiment". Interview with Kyle Buchanan, www.vulture.com. July 20, 2015.
“Live in the layers, not on the litter.”
“Greg Trooper writes great songs, including one of my very favorite songs in the world, Little Sister. On top of all that, there's his voice - an instrument I have coveted for 15 years.”

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