"I leave my parents here behind And all my friends to love resigned 'Tis grief to go, but death to stay Farewell -- I'm gone with love away."

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Source : George Moses Horton (1973). “The Hope of Liberty: Containing a Number of Poetical Pieces”

George Moses Horton

#Farewell Quotes #Grief Quotes #Parent Quotes

“Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times, can discover a new artist or certify his work and make it stick. They can only bring you the scores.”
“State are not made, nor patched; they grow; Grow slow through centuries of pain, And grow correctly in the main; But only grow by certain laws, Of certain bits in certain jaws.”
“I say, 'I will not be your weakness, Sean Kendrick.' Now he looks at me. He says, very softly, 'It's late for that, Puck.”
“My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.”
“Fear is a ghost; embrace your fear, and all you’ll see in your arms is yourself.”

Source : Andre Dubus (2011). “Dancing After Hours: Stories”, p.101, Vintage
“Live more and more in the present, which is ever beautiful and stretches away beyond the limits of the past and the future.”
“Possession means nothing when the opponent takes its chances”
“I went up to the top of the career ladder and I came down again, I am past all that.”

Source : "Iain Duncan Smith: I will tackle root causes of poverty" by Nicholas Watt and Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2010.

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