"Through her, in microcosm, the wide earth sobbed. The starglobe sank in her; the colours faded. The death-dew rose and the wild birds in her breast climbed to her throat and gathered songless, hovering, all tumult, wing to wing, so ardent for those climes where all things end."

-- Mervyn Peake

#Wings Quotes #Rose Quotes #Bird Quotes

“I think your life is full of first loves because every time you love someone new, you love them in a different way.”
“It is impossible to fuse totally with a culture for which you feel a measure of antagonism.”
“I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.”
“God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.”
“For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness.”
“Do you remember when we picketed the White House in 1965?”
“Out of some little thing, too free a tongue can make an outrageous wrangle.”
“The only reason Jake 'The Snake' Roberts doesn't drink and drive anymore is because he is afraid he might hit a bump and spill his drink.”

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