You have all the influence you choose to have.
Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.
The rain to the wind said, You push and I'll pelt. ' They so smote the garden bed That the flowers actually knelt, And lay lodged--though not dead. I know how the flowers felt.
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
The rose is a rose, And was always a rose. But the theory now goes That the apple's a rose, And the pear is, and so's The plum, I suppose. The dear only knows What will next prove a rose. You, of course, are a rose - But were always a rose.
Thinking is not to agree or disagree. That's voting.
All the fun is in how you say a thing.
I do not know What kind of my obedience I should tender. More than my all is nothing; nor my prayers Are not words holy hallowed, nor my wishes More worth than empty vanities; yet prayers and wishes Are all I can return.
See the child. He is pale and thin, he wears a thin and ragged linen shirt. He stokes the scullery fire.
Maybe Ridley was like chicken pox; you could only catch it once.
Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual.