"Billy, in one of his nice new sashes, Fell in the fire and was burnt to ashes; Now, although the room grows chilly, I haven't the heart to poke poor Billy."

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Source : Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes (1899) "Tender-Heartedness"

Harry Graham

#Nice Quotes #Heart Quotes #Fire Quotes

“we seem determined to give human qualities to objects and content to treat each other as things.”
“Eventually I went back to high school. I went to a coaching center in my neighborhood. I had to leave the homeless situation because it was so bad and I knew that I was falling deeper and deeper.”

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“Dante.Oh,Dante.Seal me!Seal me so hard!.He grabs my hips andpumps his toward mine.Oh,Dante! You're so hot when you seal souls.I shove my idiot-of-a-best-friend off me and laugh.What the hell was that? I ask.My new move.”
“We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge.”
“... I doubt the capacity of the human animal for being dignified in ceremony.”
“Composers and musicians have always starved and, as this is a sentimental country, we think the tradition should be continued.”
“As far as Deep Purple goes, I mean, they're iconic. Their contribution is unquantifiable, and as far as the politics involved in things like awards, you know, I don't think anything, because I know what they mean to me, and I know what they mean to the people who like them. Awards are very politically based.”
“Words are spiritual containers,”

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