"My grandfather always said a sudden shiver meant someone had just stepped on the spot where your grave would be."

--

Richard Bowes

#Grandfather Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Graves Quotes

“As soon as you just walk through the curtains and the crowd's there, everything's good after that.”
“Only by following out the injunction of our great predecessor [William Harvey] to search out and study the secrets of Nature by way of experiment, can we hope to attain to a comprehension of 'the wisdom of the body and the understanding of the heart,' and thereby to the mastery of disease and pain, which will enable us to relieve the burden of mankind.”
“I don't understand if you get caught in a fight, but take it out on a room, how that implies some psychiatric disorder.”
“The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one; that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge that will make him a better film director or human being.”
“The one close to me now; even my own body--these too will soon become clouds, floating in different directions.”

Source : no Komachi Ono, Izumi Shikibu (2015). “The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi anmd Izumi Shikibu, Women of teh Ancient Court of Japan”, p.147, Vintage
“It's incongruous that the older we get, the more likely we are to turn in the direction of religion. Less vivid and intense ourselves, closer to the grave, we begin to conceive of ourselves as immortal.”
“There's always going to be life experiences that find their way into my songs.”
“Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.”

You may also like: