America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn’t standing still.
E. E. CUMMINGS
E. E. CUMMINGS
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E. E. Cummings134 quotes“America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn’t standing still.”
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E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings I’d rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings May my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living.
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E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Here’s to opening and upward… and to yourself and up with you and up with and up with laughing.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Here’s to opening and upward… and to yourself and up with you and up with and up with laughing.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Someone asked me what home was and all I could think of were the stars on the tip of your tongue, the flowers sprouting from your mouth, the roots entwined in the gaps between your fingers, the ocean echoing inside of your ribcage.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Here’s to opening and upward… and to yourself and up with you and up with and up with laughing.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn’t standing still.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Someone asked me what home was and all I could think of were the stars on the tip of your tongue, the flowers sprouting from your mouth, the roots entwined in the gaps between your fingers, the ocean echoing inside of your ribcage.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn’t standing still.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings I love you much most beautiful darling more than anyone on the earth and I like you better than everything in the sky.
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