Alfred Lord Tennyson on break
Alfred Lord Tennyson91 quotes“My life has crept so long on a broken wing Through cells of madness, haunts of horror and fear, That I come to be grateful at last for a little thing.”
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Who is wise in love, love most, say least.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson This barren verbiage, current among men, Light coin, the tinsel clink of compliment.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Ah, Christ, that it were possible, For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson God gives us love! Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone: This is the curse of time.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Love lieth deep; Love dwells not in lip-depths; Love laps his wings on either side the heart Absorbing all the incense of sweet thoughts, So that they pass not to the shrine of sound.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson It’s better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would’ve happened if I had tried.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Four grey walls, and four grey towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Blind and naked ignorance delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, on all things all day long
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson All things human change.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Silence, beautiful voice.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Nothing in Nature is unbeautiful.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hours will last.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson
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Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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Sometimes solutions aren’t so simple; sometimes goodbye’s the only way.
Linkin ParkLinkin Park Even those who never frown eventually break down.
Linkin ParkLinkin Park If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.
AristophanesAristophanes Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.
William BlakeWilliam Blake Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
Walter ScottWalter Scott Everything you say to me takes me one step closer to the edge, and I’m about to break.
Linkin ParkLinkin Park Anybody who’s ever been broken up with, or had their heart stepped on or ripped out of them; you question everything you’ve based your whole life on. It’s like, is anything real? Cause nothing ‘s more real than that, and now it’s gone.
Kristen StewartKristen Stewart Time goes by living without you. Hope you know, I’ve been thinking about you.
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