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Things seen are mightier than things heard.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson O love, O fire! once he drew With one long kiss my whole soul through My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Love will conquer at the last.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of my true love, Around me once again.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Happy days roll onward leading up to golden years.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson In time there is no present, In eternity no future, In eternity no past.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson As love, if love be perfect, casts out fear, so hate, if hate be perfect, casts out fear.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier’.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson I loved you, and my love had no return, And therefore my true love has been my death.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Nor is it wiser to weep a true occasion lost, but trim our sails, and let old bygones be.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson A louse in the locks of literature.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson He makes no friend who never made a foe.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson
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Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
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My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That’s heaven. That’s gold, and anything else is just a waste of time.
Cormac McCarthyCormac McCarthy On soft Spring nights I’ll stand in the yard under the stars – Something good will come out of all things yet – And it will be golden and eternal just like that – There’s no need to say another word.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac It was an act of bravery loving you. I’ve been dripping in gold ever since.
Lauren EdenLauren Eden We were told that they wished merely to pass through our country. To seek for gold in the far west, Yet before the ashes of the council are cold, the Great Father is building his forts among us. His presence here is an insult to the spirits of our ancestors.
Red CloudRed Cloud Despite all the silver of Diana and Mercury, their images will be found on the lake. For the sculptor looking for new clay, he and his people will be flooded with gold.
NostradamusNostradamus There were hints of sunrise on the rim of the sky, yet it was still dark, and the traces of morning color were like goldfish swimming in ink.
Truman CapoteTruman Capote Your magic is too golden, too sky-opening, too hearts-bursting to be buried quietly away.
Isabel RocioIsabel Rocio The white man has got the gold out of the land which belonged to the red man.
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