"Even for the dead I will not bind my soul to grief, death cannot long divide; for is it not as if the rose that climbed my garden wall had bloomed the other side?"

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Source : alice cary (1855). “poems”, p.283

Alice Cary

#Wall Quotes #Grief Quotes #Garden Quotes

“It was only until I started to be myself that the music started to flow & people started to listen so thank you.”

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“The arts are essenÂtial to any comÂplete national life. The State owes it to itself to susÂtain and encourÂage themâ€¦.Ill fares the race which fails to salute the arts with the revÂerÂence and delight which are their due.”
“It implies a slight failure as a writer that you are reduced to being a ghostwriter for the money.”
“You can't help but... with 20/20 hindsight, go back and say, 'Look, had we done something different, we probably wouldn't be facing what we are facing today.'”
“...there are still truths in the Bible and many other ancient texts despite what religions have done to destroy and debase them. Religious dogma and myth have been used very successfully either to suppress understanding or to twist the truth sufficiently to turn something positive into something negative.”

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