"And as we stray further from love, we multiply the words. Had we remained together we could have become a silence."

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Source : Yehuda Amichai (1992). “Poems of Jerusalem ; And, Love Poems: A Bilingual Edition”

Yehuda Amichai

#Love Quotes #Silence Quotes #Together Quotes

“Seasons may change winter to spring, but I love you until the end of time Come what may, come what may, I will love you until my dying day Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace Suddenly my life doesnâ€™t seem such a waste, it all revolves around you. And thereâ€™s no mountain too high no river too wide Sing out this song and Iâ€™ll be there by your side Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide But I love you until the end of time”
“You're trying to make someone wet their pants and you're trying to make somebody crap in their pants. That's the motivation of a comic. Who else has that power?”
“Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from more and more.”

Source : John Updike (2012). “Self-Consciousness: Memoirs”, p.250, Random House
“There is no such thing as doing the nuts and bolts of reading in Kindergarten through 5th grade without coherently developing knowledge in science, and history, and the arts…it is the deep foundation in rich knowledge and vocabulary depth that allows you to access more complex text.”
“I read about this hotel that was great, down in the south of the island, not in a touristy area. I had no particular desire ever to go to Jamaica, but I thought, what the hell? Sounds nice. Let's go!”
“When considering marriage one should ask oneself this question; 'will I be able to talk with this person into old age?' Everything else is transitory, the most time is spent in conversation.”
“I've just always loved animals.”

Source : Source: www.redividerjournal.org
“Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice-and the alternative his nature offers him is: rational being or suicidal animal. Man has to be man-by choice; he has to hold his life as a value-by choice; he has to learn to sustain it-by choice; he has to discover the values it requires and practice his virtues-by choice. A code of values accepted by choice is a code of morality.”

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