"No sadder sound salutes you than the clear, Wild laughter of the loon."

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Source : Celia Thaxter (1872). “Poems”, p.28

Celia Thaxter

#Laughter Quotes #Sound Quotes #Salute Quotes

“Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Apre'Â s le rare bonheur de trouver une compagne qui nous soit bien assortie, l'eÂ tat le moins malheureux de la vie est sans doute de vivre seul. After the rare happiness of finding a companion with whom we are well matched, the least unpleasant state of life is without doubt to live alone.”
“It is noble to grant life to the vanquished. [Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.]”
“I wanted to do comic books... as a comic book artist, as an illustrator. But I'm not very good so I thought I should do something else! So I went to a film school when I was seventeen and came out when I was nineteen.”
“Religiosity distinguishes America from most other Western societies. Americans are also overwhelmingly Christian, which distinguishes them from many non-Western peoples. Their religiosity leads Americans to see the world in terms of good and evil to a much greater extent than most other peoples.”
“As a woman who grew up in a village in India, I've spent my whole life fighting tradition. There's no way that I want to be a traditional Indian housewife.”
“If the day comes when the two-state solution collapses, and we face a South African-style struggle for equal voting rights (also for the Palestinians in the territories), then, as soon as that happens, the State of Israel is finished,”

Source : "State of Israel could disappear, warns Olmert" by Mark Tran, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2007.
“What does competency in the long run mean? It means to all reasonable beings, cleanliness of person, decency of dress, courtesy of manners, opportunities for education, the delights of leisure, and the bliss of giving.”

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