You have played, (I think) And broke the toys you were fondest of, And are a little tired now; Tired of things that break, and— Just tired. So am I.
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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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You have played, (I think) And broke the toys you were fondest of, And are a little tired now; Tired of things that break, and— Just tired. So am I.
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I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
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I’d rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.
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I’d rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.
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The snow doesn’t give a soft white damn whom it touches.
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Lovers alone wear sunlight.
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Existing’s tricky:but to live’s a gift.
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Notice the convulsed orange inch of moon perching on this silver minute of evening.
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The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
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Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you’re a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you’re nobody-but-yourself.
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Love is the whole and more than all.
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The artist is not a man who describes, but a man who feels.
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Here’s to opening and upward… and to yourself and up with you and up with and up with laughing.
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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.
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Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you’re a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you’re nobody-but-yourself.
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The Artist is no other than he who unlearns what he has learned, in order to know himself.
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