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Quote by Rod McKuen

“Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.”

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Rod McKuen, an American poet, was born on April 29, 1933, and passed away on January 29, 2015. His poetry, known for its emotional depth and lyrical beauty, has gained widespread popularity. more

“The young mouse's eyes snapped open, clear and bright. He swung the ancient sword high and struck at the giant adder. He struck for Redwall! He struck against evil! He struck for Martin! He struck for Log-a-Log and his shrews! He struck for dead Guosim! He struck as Methuselah would have wanted him to! He struck against Cluny the Scourge and tyranny! He struck out against Captain Snow's ridicule! He struck for the world of light and freedom! He struck until his paws ached and the sword fell from them!”

World Light Eye Wanted Young Evil Clear Ancient Tyranny Snow Giants Captains Mice Ridicule Paws Scourge Shrews Adders Redwall Methuselah

Book:Redwall

Source: Redwall

“A single sentence will suffice for modern man. He fornicated and read the papers. After that vigorous definition, the subject will be, if I may say so, exhausted.”

Ifs Men May Modern Subjects Paper Definitions Sentences Exhausted Papers Vigorous Modern Man Single Sentence

Book:Collected fiction

Source: Collected fiction

“Diogenes carried a bowl with him for years, but one day saw a man drinking from his cupped palm and declared, ‘I have been a fool, burdened all these years by the weight of a bowl when a perfectly good vessel lay at the end of my wrist.”

Men Years Has Beens Ends Saws Fool One Day Weight Lays Drinking Bowls Palms Vessel Wrists Perfectly Good

Book:Lamb: A Novel

Source: Lamb: A Novel

“There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender... identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results.”

Said Results Behinds Identity Expression Gender Gender Identity

Book:Gender Trouble: Tenth Anniversary Edition

Source: Gender Trouble: Tenth Anniversary Edition

“The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race.”

Love Life Inspirational Song Winning Race Materialism Racing Winning The Race

Author:Bob Marley

“A kiss on the hand may feel very, very good, but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever.”

Feels May Hands Lasts Forever Kissing Very Good Diamond Bracelet Sapphires Diamond In The Rough Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Author:Anita Loos

“Its okay, Beth.I don't want my life to go back to the way it was before i met you.I thought i had it all,but really i was missing something. feel like a completely different person now.This might sound corny,but i feel like i've been asleep for a long time and you've just woken me up.”

Way Want Feels Persons Long Different Might Sound Missing Mets Long Time Okay Corny Missing Something Beth Before I Met You

Book:Halo

Source: Halo

“What is happening to me happens to all fruits that grow ripe. It is the honey in my veins that makes my blood thicker, and my soul quieter.”

Soul Happens Grows Blood Happenings Fruit My Soul Honey Veins Ripe

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“When the young woman leans over the sky, about to water the flowers as well as the weeds, her white front splits open until her milk runs.”

Wells Running Young Water White Sky Fronts Flower Weed Milk Splits Young Women

Author:Gunter Grass

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