I slept and dreamt that life was beauty I woke and found that life was duty. – George Byron
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not Man the less, but Nature more. – George Byron
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom. – George Byron
Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion. – George Byron
I was taught to confront things you cant avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where youre trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life with more vigour and energy. The fact that flowers dont last for ever makes them beautiful. – Damien Hirst