"What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow. What are brief? today and tomorrow. What are frail? spring blossoms and youth. What are deep? the ocean and truth."

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Source : Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.319, Delphi Classics

Christina Rossetti

#Spring Quotes #Ocean Quotes #Sea Quotes

“That your enemies have been created is God's doing; that they hate you and wish to ruin you is their own doing. What should you say about them in your mind? "Lord be merciful to them, forgive them their sins, put the fear of God in them, change them!" You are loving in them not what they are, but what you would have them to become.”
“I'm a great believer in luck and the extraordinary role that plays in all of our lives.”
“As a spectator, you get to watch everything, but I'd much rather be playing than watching. I'll have time to watch later in my career.”

Source : "Landon Donovan: World Cup Interview". Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. May 17, 2006.
“You live long enough in a world spinning on its axis, you learn to spin in the same direction.”
“Growing up, I was a very shy kid but I felt that being on stage or playing another character would somehow open me up. And I think it did.”
“The less people think of you, the more they will reveal to you or in your presence.”

Source : Lian Hearn (2008). “Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori”, p.77, Pan Macmillan
“Taking stock of 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' a decade later, the Financial Times concluded that the US won the war, Iran won the peace, and Turkey won the contracts. I can only agree.”
“We need balance. We need to balance our inner life with our outer life. Nature is always sitting there waiting to help us, but we have to do the work. Nature is probably the greatest teacher that well ever have... the earth and nature.”

Source : "Dave Davies Interview: ‘Kinks’ guitar legend releases brilliant new music!". Interview with Ray Shasho, www.classicrockmusicwriter.com. June 26, 2013.

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