He who holds me by a thread is not strong; the thread is strong. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Hmmm
Another way of approaching the thing is to consider it unnamed, unnamable. – Francis Ponge Category: Hmmm
Learning is not easy, but hard; culture is severe. The steps to Parnassus are steep and terribly arduous. – John Jay Chapman Category: Hmmm
We tear life out of life to use it for looking at itself. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Life
The babe at first feeds upon the mothers bosom, but it is always on her heart. – Henry Ward Beecher Category: mothersday
There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. – Joseph Addison Category: Gratitude
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