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Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'.”

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Alfred Lord Tennyson was a prominent British Romantic poet known for his poetry that depicted nature, love, and heroism. His works, including 'In Memoriam A.H.H.' and 'Ulysses', are celebrated for their beauty and depth of emotion. more

“How can I, that girl standing there, My attention fix On Roman or on Russian Or on Spanish politics? Yet here's a travelled man that knows What he talks about, And there's a politician That has read and thought, And maybe what they say is true Of war and war's alarms, But O that I were young again And held her in my arms!”

Knows Men War Young Girl Attention Arms Politician Standing Alarms That Girl Standing There

Book:The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition

Source: The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition

“That is why Bias jested with those who were going through the perils of a great storm with him and calling on the gods for help: "Shut up," he said, "so that they do not realize that you are here with me.”

Said Helping Realizing Calling Storm Bias Shut Up Peril

Book:The Essays of Michel de Montaigne

Source: The Essays of Michel de Montaigne

“Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.”

Wife My Wife Take Me Santa Barbara Take Me Away Santa Barbara

Author:Jeff Bridges

“And therefore, Reader, I myself am the subject of my book: it is not reasonable that you should employ your leisure on a topic so frivolous and so vain. Therefore, Farewell.”

Should Book Subjects Reader Vain Reasonable Leisure Topics Farewell Frivolous

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“I am suddenly comsumed by nostalgia for the little girl who was me, who loved the fields and believed in God, who spent winter days home sick from school reading Nancy Drew and sucking menthol cough drops, who could keep a secret.”

Littles Home School Girl Reading Secret Fields Sick Winter Nostalgia Nancy Winter Days Nancy Drew Cough Drops Home Sick

Book:The Time Traveler's Wife

Source: The Time Traveler's Wife

“Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah,I drunk me a river since you tore me apart”

Wells Heart Broken Rivers Yeah Drunk Liver

Author:Tom Waits

“The ship is sinking The ship is sinking There's leak, there's a leak,in the boiler room The poor, the lame, the blind Who ore the ones that we kept in charge Killers, thieves, and lawyers God's Away, God's away God's away on Business”

Poor Rooms Blind Lawyer Ships Killers Thieves Sinking Lame Leaks Boiler Boiler Room

Author:Tom Waits

“and when they pulled her from the wreck, you know, she still had on her shades”

Knows Stills Shade Wrecks

Author:Tom Waits

“Slipping? We're bigger than Jesus.”

Jesus Bigger Slipping

Author:John Lennon

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