I’m not fit company for man or beast.
BILLY STRAYHORN
BILLY STRAYHORN
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Billy StrayhornBilly Strayhorn My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.
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Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Can anybody hear me? Are my words going to waste I need to believe there was a purpose to all the pain?
Allie MillerAllie Miller The universe hears what you say, but it knows what you mean.
Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery
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You know, you spend your whole life feeling like you don’t quite fit in anywhere.
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur Wait not while your foe fits arrow to bowstring when you can send your own arrow into him.
BaburBabur Some have said that it is not the business of private men to meddle with government–a bold and dishonest saying, which is fit to come from no mouth but that of a tyrant or a slave.
Cato the YoungerCato the Younger But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.
Paul the ApostlePaul the Apostle Language fits over experience like a straight-jacket.
William GoldingWilliam Golding Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
George EliotGeorge Eliot Chasing an errant swarm of bees is nothing to following a naked lunatic when the fit of escaping is upon him!
Bram StokerBram Stoker