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Quote by Joanna Baillie

“If my heart were not light, I would die.”

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Joanna Baillie, a prominent British Romantic poet, was born on September 11, 1762, and died on February 23, 1851. Her poetry is known for its profound psychological insights and delicate portrayal of human emotions. more

“The pictures from the first professional photo session that the young David Beckham submitted himself to are extraordinary. He has a barely suppressed smile, as though he and the cameraman are complicit in the understanding that this is not yet David Beckham we see and that there is an element of deceit in selling the photographs as such”

Firsts Young Understanding Elements Extraordinary Photograph Selling Deceit Session Beckham Cameraman

Book:On Beckham

Source: On Beckham

“It is better to get wisdom than gold. Gold is another's, wisdom is our own; gold is for the body and time, wisdom for the soul and eternity.”

Soul Body Gold Eternity

Book:The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition

Source: The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition

“When I don't write, I feel my world shrink. I lose my fire, my color.”

World Feels Writing Loses Fire Color Shrinks

Author:Anais Nin

“Expressing feelings is linked directly with creation... In this ability to tap the sources of feeling and imagination lies the secret of abundance.”

Feelings Lying Imagination Ability Secret Creation Source Abundance Linked Expressing Feelings

Author:Anais Nin

“Fear is a weapon of mass destruction.”

Weapons Mass Destruction Weapons Of Mass Destruction Mass Destruction

Author:Dennis Kucinich

“One of the most dangerous errors is that civilization is automatically bound to increase and spread. The lesson of history is the opposite; civilization is a rarity, attained with difficulty and easily lost. The normal state of humanity is barbarism, just as the normal surface of the planet is salt water. Land looms large in our imagination and civilization in history books, only because sea and savagery are to us less interesting.”

Source: Image and Imagination

“Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”

Source: God in the Dock

“Reality, looked at steadily, is unbearable.”

Reality Unbearable

Book:A Grief Observed

Source: A Grief Observed

“Man is always worse than most people suspect, but also generally better than most people dream.”

People Men Dream Suspects

Author:Reinhold Niebuhr

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