“To understand others you should get behind their eyes and walk down their spines.”
Quote by Rod McKuen
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Rod McKuen
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
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“An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.”
Source: The Mysterious Island (World Classics, Unabridged)
Source: Journey to the Interior of the Earth
Source: Jules Verne Selected Works: 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days, A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Five Weeks in a Balloon, The Mysterious Island
“In the memory of the dead all chronological differences are effaced.”
Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea / Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)
“Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.”
Source: The Survivors of the Chancellor
Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea / Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)
Source: From The Earth To The Moon / De la terre à la lune (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)
“We could say, then, that man is an instrument the world employs to renew its own image constantly.”
Source: The Uses of Literature
“In abortion, the person who is massacred, physically and morally, is the woman.”
Source: Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985