"I have a garden of my own, But so with roses overgrown, And lilies, that you would it guess To be a little wilderness."

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Source : 'The Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Fawn' (1681) l. 71

Andrew Marvell

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“Compared to men writers of like distinction and years of life, few women writers have had lives of unbroken productivity, or leave behind a 'body of work.' Early beginnings, then silence; or clogged late ones (foreground silences); long periods between books (hidden silences); characterize most of us.”

Source : Tillie Olsen (2014). “Silences”, p.38, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“Man's greatest happiness comes from losing himself for the good of others.”
“Never create anything, it will be misinterpreted, it will chain you and follow you for the rest of your life.”
“Words that do not match deeds are not important.”
“The Elf and the Dormouse UNDER a toadstool crept a wee Elf, Out of the rain to shelter himself. Under the toadstool, sound asleep, Sat a big Dormouse all in a heap. Trembled the wee Elf, frightened and yet Fearing to fly away lest he get wet. To the next shelter-maybe a mile! Sudden the wee Elf smiled a wee smile. Tugged till the toadstool toppled in two. Holding it over him, gaily he flew. Soon he was safe home, dry as could be. Soon woke the Dormouse-"Good gracious me!" "Where is my toadstool?" loud he lamented. -And that's how umbrellas first were invented.”

Source : Oliver Herford (1901). “Artful Antics”
“People are fed up with Labour for taking them for granted for far too long, they are fed up of too much spin, and the people of Dunfermline and West Fife have spoken for the rest of the country with their views on the Labour government.”
“I think in short order all of us need to act like we are citizens with not only rights, but also duties.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I have found that the richest people I know are also the nicest.”

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