You shall above all things be glad and young.
E. E. CUMMINGSIt takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
More E. E. Cummings Quotes
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May my heart always be open to little birds, who are the secrets of living. Whatever they sing is better than to know. And if men should not hear them – then men are old.
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Love is the whole and more than all.
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Only by you my heart always moves.
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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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Remember one thing only: that it’s you-nobody else-who determines your destiny and decides your fate. Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else.
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Take the matter of being born. What does being born mean to most people?
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May my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living.
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Do not hate or fear the artist in yourselves… Honor and love him do not try to possess him. Trust him as nobly as you trust tomorrow. Only the artist in yourself is more truthful than the night.
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Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else.
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And the reason that i laugh and breathe is oh love.
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Time is a tree (this life one leaf) but love is the sky and i am for you just so long and long enough.
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A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.
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Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.
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Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: – you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.
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The three saddest things are the ill wanting to be well, the poor wanting to be rich, and the constant traveler saying ‘anywhere but here’.
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