The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSIn dreams begins responsibility.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
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Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World! You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled. Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring The bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing.
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Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
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Though leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun Now I may wither into the truth.
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It is love that I am seeking for, But of a beautiful, unheard-of kind That is not in the world.
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All that I have said and done, Now that I am old and ill, Turns into a question till I lie awake night after night And never get the answers right.
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The winds that awakened the stars Are blowing through my blood.
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only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.
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The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
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Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.
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We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.
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What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.
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Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.
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One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
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When two close kindred meet, What better than call a dance?
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