William Blake on black
“And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.”
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I will not reason and compare my business is to create.
William BlakeWilliam Blake We are here to learn to endure the beams of love.
William BlakeWilliam Blake What is now proved was once only imagined.
William BlakeWilliam Blake Thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.
William BlakeWilliam Blake Opposition is true Friendship.
William BlakeWilliam Blake The lamb misused breeds public strife And yet forgives the butcher’s knife.
William BlakeWilliam Blake A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there’s more conversation.
William BlakeWilliam Blake Exuberance is beauty.
William BlakeWilliam Blake Without Contraries is no Progression.
William BlakeWilliam Blake Make your own rules or be a slave to another man’s.
William BlakeWilliam Blake Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
William BlakeWilliam Blake Energy is eternal delight.
William BlakeWilliam Blake It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
William BlakeWilliam Blake A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
William BlakeWilliam Blake The naked woman’s body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.
William BlakeWilliam Blake Expect poison from the standing water.
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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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If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black
Joe BidenJoe Biden We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
John LewisJohn Lewis When one of us shines, all of us shine.
Moira RoseMoira Rose I don’t stand for black man’s side, I don’t stand for white man’s side, I stand for God’s side.
Bob MarleyBob Marley A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn’t there.
Charles DarwinCharles Darwin Sometimes I feel like I’m not solid. I’m hollow. There’s nothing behind my eyes. I’m a negative of a person. All I want is blackness, blackness and silence.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.
Rosa ParksRosa Parks Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.
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