"To her bier Comes the year Not with weeping and distress, as mortals do, But, to guide her way to it, All the trees have torches lit; Blazing red the maples shine the woodlands through..."

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Source : Lucy Larcom (1869). “Poems”, p.115

Lucy Larcom

#Autumn Quotes #Years Quotes #Shining Quotes

“We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are.”

Source : "Fired radio host admits he'd be offended by segment mocking ill player" by Greg Botelho, www.cnn.com. June 18, 2013.
“Brain power improves by brain use, just as our bodily strength grows with exercise. And there is no doubt that a large proportion of the female population, from school days to late middle age, now have very complicated lives indeed.”
“The question is asked in ignorance, by one who does not even know what can have led him to ask it.”
“The truth of a thing is in the feel of it, not in the think of it.”
“Anarchism is the abolition of exploitation and oppression of man by man, that is, the abolition of private property and government; Anarchism is the destruction of misery, of superstitions, of hatred. Therefore, every blow given to the institutions of private property and to the government, every exaltation of the conscience of man, every disruption of the present conditions, every lie unmasked, every part of human activity taken away from the control of the authorities, every augmentation of the spirit of solidarity and initiative, is a step towards Anarchism.”

Source : Errico Malatesta (2014). “The Method of Freedom: An Errico Malatesta Reader”, p.272, AK Press
“If the networks can get audiences to tolerate pop-up promos by the dozens, maybe they'll start selling pop-up commercials, too.”
“People keep saying, 'Oh, you're getting all these great reviews, that must make you really happy.' I guess it does, but mostly it's just a relief.”
“He smiles then, and even though it is well past midnight, its as if the sun has just come out.”

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