"A strip of water's spread in the setting sun, Half the river's emerald, half is red. I love the third night of the ninth month, The dew is like a pearl; the moon like a bow."

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Source : Bai Juyi, “Song Of Sunset On The River”

Bai Juyi

#Summer Quotes #Autumn Quotes #Moon Quotes

“The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment.”
“I smiled, I waited, I was circumspect; O never, never, never write that I missed life or loving.”
“Sometimes success demands a certain refined insanity.”

Source : Isobelle Carmody (2011). “The Keeping Place: Obernewtyn Chronicles: Book Four”, p.701, A&C Black
“I did pull out my old Telecaster, and have been thinking I'd like to play that loud with a drummer. But I haven't actually done that yet.”
“We need to get our sons and daughters home and their responsibility for the security of Iraq needs to be assumed by Iraqis who will stand up and toe the line for their countries.”
“Worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it is due”

Source : Ian Fleming (1964). “On her Majesty's Secret Service”
“My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky.”
“Silly me. Mr. Butterfingers”

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