A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for it, and it only, is respected by wars and revolutions, and survives
Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.
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Unknown
That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)
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Stephen Levine
Momentary happiness is worse than permanent misery.
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Ahmed Mostafa
Bones are patient. Bones never tire nor do they run away. When you come upon a man who has been dead many years, his bones will still be lying there, in place, content, patiently waiting, but his flesh will have gotten up and left him....
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Tom Robbins
The idea that all souls are mortal is the only notion surely terminating love and all its forms.
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Criss Jami
More Quotes By Mark Twain
After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
