In English, we say:Can I be a child again?But in poetry, we say:Take me back to when laughter was endless,
and my dreams were bigger than my fears.
Oh, to be a poet!
Ouch!
Nothing hurts a man like seeing himself getting older without any progress in his life.
~ found on the internet
Indeed...
You say you got a real solution.Well, you knowWe’d all love to see the plan.
~ Revolution 1, the Beatles
Indeed
"Non tutte le ciambelle riescono col buco."
Not all donuts have a hole
meaning things don't always turn out as planned
If not LotR canon, it nevertheless is a fine statement
I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.
~ Arwen, in Lord of the Rings (the movie, not in the books)
Good advice all around
You never interfere with your opponent when he is kicking his own ass.
~ Senator John Kennedy (no, not that John Kennedy)
The devil is in the details
They ask me: "Do you want to die on Mars?"
And I say, "Well, yes, but not on impact."
~ Elon Musk, who aspires to achieve space travel to Mars
He had a knack for pithy observation
"Victims of unsynchronized passion"
How Ernest Hemingway described his relationship with Marlene Dietrich
Magical, indeed
They say she had magical powers,That turned men melancholy.
~ from the TV series Younger
Watch out!
Watch out for love
(Unless it is true...
and every part of you says yes,
including the toes)
Quality
The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships.
~ Ester Perel, well-known therapist
Love and meaning, indeed...
You can get happiness from Chipotle, Cialis, and Netflix.
All those things will bring you short-term happiness.
I think when we really talk about meaningful happiness, we talk about investments we make through the course of our lives and decisions in forgiveness we provide ourselves and other people, such that at the end of our life, we feel like we built a narrative of satisfaction.
~ Scott Galloway, in The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love and Meaning
A worthy goal
I hate my life less and less every day
~ Scott Galloway’s common response when asked “How are you doing?”
It's funny if you watch the show!
The situation seems dark,
But if my military career has taught me anything, it's that
you can always give up!
~ Captain Isaac Higgentoot, on Ghosts
Peace
Sometimes, a man has to make a decision that will break his heart but give him peace for the rest of his life
~ interwebs wisdom
Especially late at night
Nothing kills a man faster than the weight of his own thoughts
~ interwebs wisdom
Maybe this time...
"...For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it's still not yet two o'clock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns are laid and ready in the woods and the furled flags are already loosened to break out and Pickett himself with his long oiled ringlets and his hat in one hand probably and his sword in the other looking up the hill waiting for Longstreet to give the word and it's all in the balance, it hasn't happened yet, it hasn't even begun yet, it not only hasn't begun yet but there is still time for it not to begin against that position and those circumstances which made more men than Garnett and Kemper and Armistead and Wilcox look grave yet it's going to begin, we all know that, we have come too far with too much at stake and that moment doesn't need even a fourteen-year-old boy to think This time.
Maybe this time with all this much to lose and all this much to gain: Pennsylvania, Maryland, the world, the golden dome of Washington itself to crown with desperate and unbelievable victory the desperate gamble, the cast made two years ago..."
~ William Faulkner, Intruder in the Dust, 1948
it hurts so bad
Nothing hurts a man like seeing himself getting older without seeing any progress in his life.
~ from the interwebs
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