"Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying."

-- Terry Pratchett

#Long Quotes #Pirate Quotes #Dying Quotes

“Criticism is the endeavour to find, to know, to love, to recommend, not only the best, but all the good, that has been known and thought and written in the world.”

Source : George Saintsbury, Foreword By Mohit K. Ray (2004). “History Of English Criticism”, p.535, Atlantic Publishers & Dist
“I'm no friend of Tony Blair's and I consider the Middle East policies of the United States and the UK fatal.”
“He didn't try to take the net off its hinges with that header.”
“I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it.”
“Here is what I'm trying to tell you:Â AdultÂ isn't a noun, it's a verb. It's the act of making correctly those small decisions that fill our day. It is one that you can practice, and that can be done in concrete steps. And if you slip up and have Diet Coke for breakfast, no one busts in and snatches away your Adult card. Just move forward and have milk tomorrow.”
“please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.”
“The press may hate me, and I know my battles with them are not over, but that doesn't matter.”
“The earth will never be the same again Rock, water, tree, iron, share this greif As distant stars participate in the pain. A candle snuffed, a falling star or leaf, A dolphin death, O this particular loss A Heaven-mourned; for if no angel cried If this small one was tossed away as dross, The very galaxies would have lied. How shall we sing our love's song now In this strange land where all are born to die? Each tree and leaf and star show how The universe is part of this one cry, Every life is noted and is cherished, and nothing loved is ever lost or perished.”

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