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“Whoever says the Smiths have split shall be severely spanked by me with a wet plimsoll.”

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Steven Morrissey, born on May 22, 1959, is a renowned singer from Manchester, England. Known for his distinctive voice and poignant lyrics, he is one of the key figures in the British indie rock scene. more

“Cold sinks in, there to stay. And people, they'll leave you, sure. There's no return to what was and no way back. There's just emptiness all around, and you in it, like singing up from the bottom of a well, like nothing else, until you harm yourself, until you are a mad dog biting yourself for sympathy. Because there is no relenting.”

People Way Wells Dog Cold Return Singing Mad Bottom Harm Emptiness Biting Mad Dogs

Author:Louise Erdrich

“It was all cheese and applause.”

Cheese Applause

Book:Widdershins

Source: Widdershins

“The world turns and the world spins, the tide runs in and the tide runs out, and there is nothing in the world more beautiful and more wonderful in all its evolved forms than two souls who look at each other straight on. And there is nothing more woeful and soul-saddening than when they are parted...everyting in the world rejoices in the touch, and everything in the world laments in the losing.”

World Looks Two Soul Running Beautiful Form Turns Wonderful Losing Rejoice Tides Lament Two Souls Saddening

Author:Gary D. Schmidt

“Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey.”

Thinking States Faces Cold Truth Is Environmental Denial Fuel Addict Fossils Turkeys Fossil Fuel Cold Turkey

Book:A Man Without a Country

Source: A Man Without a Country

“Chapter One. The Bride." He held up the book then. "I'm reading it to you for relax." He practically shoved the book in my face. "By S. Morgenstern. Great Florinese writer. The Princess Bride. He too came to America. S. Morgenstern. Dead now in New York. The English is his own. He spoke eight tongues." Here my father put down the book and held up all his fingers. "Eight. Once in Florin City...”

Book America Faces Reading Father Cities New York Fingers Eight Tongue Relax Spokes Princess Chapters Brides Princess Bride

Book:The Princess Bride

Source: The Princess Bride

“One ship drives east and another drives west With the selfsame winds that blow. Tis the set of the sails And not the gales Which tells us the way to go. Like the winds of the seas are the ways of fate, As we voyage along through the life: Tis the set of a soul That decides its goal, And not the calm or the strife.”

Way Life Soul Goal Fate Sea Wind West Calm Blow East Ships Sail Strife Voyages Great Aviation Gale

Author:Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos — the trees, the clouds, everything.”

Whole Body Tree Expression Health Gratitude Healthy Clouds Your Body Cosmos Gratitude For Health Expressions Of Gratitude

Book:Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living

Source: Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living

“You know a great many things in dreams, often despite the evidence of your eyes. You just know them.”

Knows Dream Eye Evidence Despite Inkheart

Book:Inkheart

Source: Inkheart

“travel is compost for the mind”

Mind Compost

Author:Martha Gellhorn

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