"Look how the blue-eyed violets glance love to one another."

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Source : Thomas Buchanan Read (1847). “Poems”, p.54

Thomas Buchanan Read

#Flower Quotes #Blue Quotes #Violet Quotes

“Im attracted to the things that people throw away - the shadow goods, in Jungian terms.”
“An artist is usually the handyman in the service of inspiration.”
“Even if I overcompensate, nobody will ever want me. Not Seth. Not my folks. You canâ€™t kiss someone who has no lips. Oh, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me. Iâ€™ll be anybody you want me to be”
“Really, according to the shrinks, I am angry at everyone ever. Especially them. I am all anger and resentment all the time. Not one of them has ever suggested that maybe I lie because the world is better the way I tell it.”
“It has never been in my power to study anything, mathematics, ethics, metaphysics, gravitation, thermodynamics, optics, chemistry, comparative anatomy, astronomy, psychology, phonetics, economics, the history of science, whist, men and women, wine, metrology, except as a study of semeiotic .”
“Leave part of the yard rough. Don't manicure everything. Small children in particular love to turn over rocks and find bugs, and give them some space to do that. Take your child fishing. Take your child on hikes.”
“In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture.”
“I am also committed to providing city employees with housing assistance.”

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