"A baby's feet, like sea-shells pink Might tempt, should heaven see meet, An angel's lips to kiss, we think, A baby's feet."

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Source : Algernon Charles Swinburne (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne (Illustrated)”, p.1328, Delphi Classics

Algernon Charles Swinburne

#Baby Quotes #Angel Quotes #Kissing Quotes

“When mother is happy, family is happy. When family is happy, nation is happy.”
“I discovered surfing, which I absolutely fell in love with. That feels good and kind of keeps your body aligned, so does the salt water.”
“UFC 151 will be remembered as the event Jon Jones and Greg Jackson murdered.”
“My mother was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. There are moments when I remember her beauty, unadorned, unposed, not in some artificial place like a set or a photo call but rather captured outdoors in nature, where she took my breath away. When those moments surface, I miss her the most.”
“Human morality is unthinkable without empathy.”

Source : "Science overturns view of humans as naturally 'nasty'". phys.org. February 20, 2012.
“Euphemisms are for the differently brained.”
“Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But thereâ€™s music in us. Hope is pushed down but the angel flies up again taking us with her.”

Source : Jack Gilbert, “Horses At Midnight Without A Moon”
“Infatuation is one of those slightly comic illnesses which are at once so undignified and so painful that a nice-minded world does its best to ignore their existence altogether, referring to them only under provocation and then with apology, but, like its more material brother, this boil on the neck of the spirit can hardly be forgotten either by the sufferer or anyone else in his vicinity. The malady is ludicrous, sad, excruciating and, above all, instantly diagnosable.”

Source : Margery Allingham (1961). “Three Cases for Mr. Campion”

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