"The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens."

-- James Cook

#Fall Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Citizens Quotes

“Nothing helps you sleep at night so much as being absolutely certain that you're right, and everyone else is evil.”
“At the risk of being forgotten completely by the media, I went to college and pursued a passion that had nothing to do with acting: mathematics.”
“Fear not; and the God of mercies grant a full gale and a fair entry into His kingdom, which may carry sweetly and swiftly over the bar, that you find not the rub of death.”
“I fell for her like a suicide from a bridge.”
“A Masai warrior on a cellphone in the middle of Kenya has better mobile comm than President Reagan did 25 years ago.”
“Two thousand years from now they'll still be hearing about Elvis Presley.”
“I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or are you still just writing?”
“A world to be born under your footsteps...”

Source : Saint-John Perse (2014). “Collected Poems”, p.351, Princeton University Press

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