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Quote by William Carlos Williams

“Death will be too late to bring us aid.”

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William Carlos Williams was an American poet born on September 17, 1883, and died on March 4, 1963. His poetry style emphasized colloquialism and the depiction of everyday life, which had a profound impact on American poetry. more

“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.”

People World Littles Book Reading Rooms Sitting India Exciting Ships Village New World Sailing Amazing People Sailing Ships Exciting Life Kipling Olden Days

Book:Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Source: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

“Remember that even in war there is a time for restraint. A time to hold back your sword.”

War Remember Restraint

Book:Gregor the Overlander Collection:

Source: Gregor the Overlander Collection:

“I closed the box and put it in a closet. There is no real way to deal with everything we lose.”

Way Real Loses Deals Boxes Closets

Author:Joan Didion

“LOVE'S SECRET Never seek to tell thy love, Love that never told can be; For the gentle wind doth move Silently, invisibly. I told my love, I told my love, I told her all my heart, Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears. Ah! she did depart! Soon after she was gone from me, A traveller came by, Silently, invisibly: He took her with a sigh.”

Heart Moving Secret Gone Wind Cold My Heart Gentle Sigh Traveller Trembling Ghastly

Book:The Works of William Blake: Poetic, Symbolic, and Critical: Poems

Source: The Works of William Blake: Poetic, Symbolic, and Critical: Poems

“A DIVINE IMAGE Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secresy the human dress. The human dress is forged iron, The human form a fiery forge, The human face a furnace sealed, The human heart its hungry gorge.”

Humans Heart Faces Form Divine Dresses Terror Hungry Cruelty Iron Humankind Human Heart Fiery Forged Furnaces Human Faces Human Form Gorges

Book:Poems of William Blake

Source: Poems of William Blake

“I'm not hungry," Alexander whispered. "I'm famished. Watch out for me. Now, don't make a single sound," he said, moving on top of her. "Tania, God....I'll cover your mouth, just like this, and you hold on to me, just like this, and I'm going to-just like this-”

Said Moving Sound Watches Mouths Hungry

Author:Paullina Simons

“Tatiana said. "Go on with Dasha. She is right for you. She is a woman and I'm-" "Blind!", Alexander exclaimed. Tatiana stood, desolately failing in the battle of her heart. "Oh, Alexander. What do you want from me..." "Everything", he whispered fiercely.”

Want Heart Said Failing Goes On Battle Blind Tatiana Metanova

Author:Paullina Simons

“Greatness and nearsightedness are incompatible. Meaningful achievement depends on lifting one's sights and pushing toward the horizon.”

Inspirational Greatness Depends Achievement Sight Positivity Meaningful Pushing Horizon Lifting

Book:Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Source: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

“If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself - so that without this underlying trust in the whole system of nature you are simply paralyzed”

Ifs Whole Trust Yourself Mistrust Paralyzed

Book:Tao: The Watercourse Way

Source: Tao: The Watercourse Way

“Experiment! Meet new people. That’s better than any college education . . . By adventuring; about, you become accustomed to the unexpected. The unexpected then becomes what it really is . . . the inevitable.”

People College Experiments Inevitable Unexpected Accustomed College Education Meeting New People Adventuring

Author:Amelia Earhart

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