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Quote by Louise Erdrich

“All of our actions have in their doing the seed of their undoing.”

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Louise Erdrich is an American writer known for her unique literary style and profound depiction of Native American culture. Her works blend elements of ethnicity, history, and literature, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other. Throw it in the garbage and it springs up clean. Try to root it out and it only flourishes. Love is a weed, a dandelion that you poison from your heart. The taproots wait. The seeds blow off, ticklish, into a part of the yard you didn't spray. And one day, though you worked, though you prodded out each spiky leaf, you lift your eyes and dozens of fat golden faces bob in the grass.”

“Let us roll all our strength, and all Our sweetness, up into one ball: And tear our pleasures with rough strife, Through the iron gates of life. Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run.”

Stills Running Pleasure Sun Tears Balls Iron Gates Rough Sweetness Strife Birds Of Prey

Author:Andrew Marvell

“Twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one To live in paradise alone.”

Two Share Wander Mortals Paradise Solitary

Author:Andrew Marvell

“How fit he is to sway That can so well obey.”

Wells Fit

Author:Andrew Marvell

“And now, when I have summed up all my store, Thinking (so I myself deceive) So rich a chaplet thence to weave As never yet the King of Glory wore, Alas! I find the serpent old, That, twining in his speckled breast, About the flowers disguised does fold With wreaths of fame and interest.”

Thinking Doe Interest Rich Flower Kings Fame Glory Stores Breasts Deceiving Alas Folds Serpent Wreaths

Author:Andrew Marvell

“My mind was once the true survey Of all these meadows fresh and gay; And in the greenness of the grass Did see its hopes as in a glass.”

Mind Gay Glasses Grass Surveys Meadows

Author:Andrew Marvell

“If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.”

Ifs Soul Religion Jesus Fear Known Humble Awe Grandfather

Author:Khalil Gibran

“How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays; And their uncessant labours see Crown'd from some single herb or tree. Whose short and narrow verged shade Does prudently their toils upbraid; While all flow'rs and all trees do close To weave the garlands of repose.”

Men Doe Winning Tree Flow Labour Shade Crowns Toil Palms Herbs Oaks Repose Garlands Upbraid

Author:Andrew Marvell

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