“You may well ask why I write. And yet my reasons are quite many. For it is not unusual in human beings who have witnessed the sack of a city or the falling to pieces of a people to set down what they have witnessed for the benefit of unknown heirs or of generations infinitely remote; or, if you please, just to get the sight out of their heads.” PeopleIfsWritingHumansWellsMayReasonFallAsksHuman BeingsCitiesPiecesGenerationsPleaseBenefitsSightUnusualHeirsFalling To Pieces Book:The Bodley Head Ford Madox Ford: The good soldier. Selected memories. Poems Source: The Bodley Head Ford Madox Ford: The good soldier. Selected memories. Poems
“The world is always a new plaything to children, while to the old it seems falling to pieces from sheer dryness. Everything loses its value with time, but it is not the fault of the fruit, but of the mouth and the tongue.” WorldChildrenSeemsValuesFallLosesPiecesMouthsFaultsFruitAppreciationTongueSheerFalling To Pieces Author:Kate Douglas Wiggin