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What delights, what pleasures does your life offer you that outweigh the raptures of death?
NovalisNovalis Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit.
NovalisNovalis Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
NovalisNovalis The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.
NovalisNovalis The individual soul should seek for an intimate union with the soul of the universe.
NovalisNovalis We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
NovalisNovalis Mathematics is the Life of the Gods.
NovalisNovalis Accident is simply unforeseen order.
NovalisNovalis The poem of the understanding is philosophy.
NovalisNovalis Fate and temperament are the names of a concept.
NovalisNovalis The badge of honesty is simplicity.
NovalisNovalis Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven.
NovalisNovalis Every disease is a musical problem. Its cure a musical solution. The more rapid and complete the solution, the greater the musical talent of the doctor.
NovalisNovalis To know a truth well, one must have fought it out.
NovalisNovalis Character and fate are two words for the same thing.
NovalisNovalis The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
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Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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I did not have implants, I just had a growth spurt.
Britney SpearsBritney Spears Alas, it is when we are beginning to leave this mortal body that it most offends us!
Jean-Jacques RousseauJean-Jacques Rousseau I wish my hair was thicker, and I wish my feet were prettier. My toes are really ugly. I wish my ears were smaller. And my nose could be smaller too.
Britney SpearsBritney Spears What, then, is the government? An intermediary body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual communication, a body charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of freedom, both civil and political.
Jean-Jacques RousseauJean-Jacques Rousseau I don’t care what people say about my relationship; I don’t care what they say about my boobs. People are buying my songs; I have a sold-out tour. I’m getting incredible feedback from my music.
Katy PerryKaty Perry To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien If my body dies, let my body die, but do not let my country die.
Genghis KhanGenghis Khan