"As a breath on glass, - As witch-fires that burn, The gods and monsters pass, Are dust, and return. (â€œThe Face of the Skiesâ€)"

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Source : George Sterling (1921). “Sails and Mirage”

George Sterling

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“My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together,' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting.”
“Everyone wants to be liked, so of course you want critical acclaim. After that, box office acclaim isn't bad. More than anything I think you have to try and make something you're proud of.”
“We got married in a fever hotter than a pepper sprout.”

Source : "Song: 'Jackson'". 1967.
“We deserved to lose and it was a good result for us, considering the way we played in the second half.”
“The moment seemed endless, but it was probably only half that.”

Source : Steve Toltz (2008). “A Fraction of the Whole”, p.129, Spiegel & Grau
“Eisenhower had about the most expressive face I ever painted, I guess. Just like an actor's. Very mobile. When he talked, he used all the facial muscles. And he had a great, wide mouth that I liked. When he smiled, it was just like the sun came out.”
“Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day.”

Source : "Keeping Politics out of the Court". The New York Times, December 09, 1984.
“However many years she lived, Mary always felt that 'she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow'.”

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