"I know the colour rose, and it is lovely, But not when it ripens in a tumour; And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike, In limbs that fester are not springlike."

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Source : 'Pathology of Colours' (1968)

Dannie Abse

#Healing Quotes #Rose Quotes #Lovely Quotes

“...balance the budget ? Tax religion.”
“He is invited to do great things who receives small things greatly.”
“I had been reading a lot of J.G. Ballard in the 90's and was fascinated by the idea of the vapid consumer society, the erotic charge of modern life, where the consumerist things we are coveting are just another form of destroying oneself - a modern world of uncertainty, where lost souls are trying to grab onto something for sense of contentment.”
“Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?”
“I challenge myself everywhere, onstage, on the golf course. Hey, isn't that the point of it all? To keep getting better? Otherwise why do it?”
“Only the continuous and steady application of the methods for suppressing a doctrine, etc., makes it possible for a plan to succeed.”
“Tavi grinned. "Are you with me?" "The plan is insane," Ehren said. "YOU are insane." He looked around the inside of the tent. "I'll need some pants.”
“Religions are such stuff as dreams are made of.”

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