More from Robert Browning
Of what I call God, And fools call Nature.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning All’s love, yet all’s law.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning At last awake from life, that insane dream we take for waking now.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning You never know what life means till you die; even throughout life, tis death that makes life live.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning Strike when thou wilt, the hour of rest, but let my last days be my best.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning My business is not to remake myself, but to make the absolute best of what God made.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning A minute’s success pays the failure of years.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures Boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, One to show a woman when he loves her.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning Progress is The law of life: man is not Man as yet.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning I hold that a man should strive to the uttermost for his life’s set prize.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning There are those who believe something, and therefore will tolerate nothing; and on the other hand, those who tolerate everything, because they believe nothing.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith, ‘A whole I planned, youth shows but half; Trust God: See all, nor be afraid!
Robert BrowningRobert Browning God is the perfect poet, Who in his person acts his own creations.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning
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Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on hurt
Its like you sat back and listened saw everything it would take you learnt how to hurt me perfectly and then could hardly wait.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey It will feel better when it quits hurting.
Amy Turn SharpAmy Turn Sharp I felt it. I heard the snap of my heart tearing in half. It wasn’t a messy, dirty rip like I’d expected, but a smooth, clean line that knew just where to break to hurt me the most.
T.L. MartinT.L. Martin In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.
Andy StanleyAndy Stanley I know when you ache because I’ve been deep inside every part of you.
Michael DennisMichael Dennis When you’d hurt, I’d rush to your side. When I’d hurt, you’d hide.
MoomerMoomer Sometimes forgiveness is off the table. When the hurt is real you can’t forget. But you can walk away. That’s healthy too.
Rebekah SterlacciRebekah Sterlacci For those who may be hurting over lost love: Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez
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