"When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men."

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#Death Quotes #Lying Quotes #Men Quotes

“In the country, I stopped being a person who, in the words of Sylvia Boorstein, startles easily. I grew calmer, but beneath that calm was a deep well of loneliness I hadn't known was there. ... Anxiety was my fuel. When I stopped, it was all waiting for me: fear, anger, grief, despair, and that terrible, terrible loneliness. What was it about? I was hardly alone. I loved my husband and son. I had great friends, colleagues, students. In the quiet, in the extra hours, I was forced to ask the question, and to listen carefully to the answer: I was lonely for myself. [p. 123]”
“I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.”

Source : David Rogers, Daniel Keyes (1969). “Flowers for Algernon: One Act”, p.28, Dramatic Publishing
“Whatever you experience outwardly, take it within yourself and say 'I'm happy because I'm happy. I'm happy because God is in my heart.'”
“Always make sure your jewelry isn't taking over you or your ensemble and keep everything in proportion to your frame”

Source : Nina Garcia (2010). “Nina Garcia's Look Book: What to Wear for Every Occasion”, p.139, Hachette UK
“Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.”
“...Tunstell was not what one could describe as call subtle. His flaming red hair bobbed up with each pointed and articulated footstep as though he were some cloaked Gothic villain creeping across a stage.”
“I know why superman left krypton. Earth was the only place where he could get steriods!”
“The figures of the past go cloaked. They walk in mist and rain and snow And go, go slowly, but they go.”

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