"We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?"

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Source : Christina Rossetti (2012). “Goblin Market and Other Poems”, p.2, Courier Corporation

Christina Rossetti

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“Most of my relatives are police marksmen, apart from my grandad who was a bank robber. He died recently, surrounded by his family.”
“It is time to finish off the U.S. once and for all.”
“I have a work-out regime; I am not a maniac. It sounds cliche, but stand-up comedy, doing a one-man show, helps keep me young, and yes, it is exhausting, but I don't collapse.”
“It is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Holy Spirit, and the thirst for more charity is the effect of this more abundant reception.”
“We're hopeful that Russia will choose to play a constructive role in supporting ceasefires through their own Astana talks, but also, ultimately, through Geneva. And if we can achieve ceasefires in zones of stabilization in Syria, then I believe we will have the conditions to begin a useful political process.”

Source : "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. April 9, 2017.
“Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.”
“Beauty ensnares hearts, captures minds, and stirs up emotional wildfires. From Plato to pinups, images of human beauty have catered to a limitless desire to see and imagine an ideal human form.”
“An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.”

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