“History repeats itself,
but the special call of an art
which has passed away
is never reproduced.
It is as utterly gone out
of the world as the song of
a destroyed wild bird.”
~ Joseph Conrad
Study the Bird
life
Flee the Nest
“God gives every bird its food,
but He does not throw it
into the nest.”
~ Josiah Gilbert Holland
Take Time to Believe
“Slow down and enjoy life.
It’s not only the scenery you miss
by going too fast…
You also miss the sense
of where you are going and why.”
~ Eddie Cantor
A City of Energy
“I have an affectation for a great city.
I feel safe in the neighborhood of man,
and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.”
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Look Out the Window
“Many a doctrine
is like a window pane.
We see truth through it
but it divides us from truth.”
~ Khalil Gibran
Dog Day Afternoon
“In this big ball of people,
I’m just one grain of sand
on this beach.”
~ Aurora
Knock, Knock
“Memory is the treasure house
of the mind wherein the monuments
thereof are kept and preserved.”
~ Thomas Fuller
Life is a Mirror
“Life is a mirror
and will reflect back
to the thinker what he
thinks into it.”
~ Ernest Holmes
Apples or Oranges
“One mustn’t ask apple trees
for oranges, France for sun,
women for love, life
for happiness.”
~ Gustave Flaubert
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