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She confused him and hindered the flow of his ideas. Self-expression had never seemed at once so desirable and so impossible.
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By some chance, here they are, all on this earth; and who shall ever tell the sorrow of being on this earth, lying, on quilts, on the grass in a summer evening, among the sounds of the night. May God bless my people, my uncle, my aunt, my mother, my good father, oh, remember them kindly in their time of trouble; and in the hour of their taking away.
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Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does.
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Romantic love allows you to focus mating energy. Attachment sustains that relationship as long as necessary to raise your baby.
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When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.
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Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
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Display is like shallow water, where you can see the muddy bottom.
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Perhaps all anxiety might derive from a fixation on moments - an inability to accept life as ongoing.
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Lyrics are what I tend to tear hair out over and they're where I tend to feel weak musically, if I'm being very honest. It is not something I feel like I know anything about; I would not consider myself a writer. I just want to sing, I just want to sing a melody, I just want to feel a melody, and be part of the song, and everything else is not so important.
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Do not think that years leave us and find us the same!