love poems for her
The two offices of memory are collection and distribution. ~Samuel Johnson
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~John Quinton
Proust had his madeleines; I am devastated by the scent of yeast bread rising. ~Bert Greene
There are no pockets in a shroud. ~Author Unknown
Life is an incurable Disease. ~Abraham Cowley
However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. ~Henry David Thoreau
A dog, I have always said, is prose; a cat is a poem. ~Jean Burden
Your hair may be brushed, but your mind's untidy. You've had about seven hours of sleep since Friday. No wonder you feel that lost sensation. You're sunk from a riot of relaxation. ~Ogden Nash
Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. ~Author Unknown
There is one quality more important than "know-how" and we cannot accuse the United States of any undue amount of it. This is "know-what" by which we determine not only how to accomplish our purposes, but what our purposes are to be. ~Norbert Wiener, The Human Use of Human Beings, 1954
I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps only some formula of, peace. ~James Conrad
Advice to children crossing the street: damn the lights. Watch the cars. The lights ain't never killed nobody. ~Moms Mabley
Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other. ~Joseph Joubert
Corpse pose restores life. Dead parts of your being fall away, the ghosts are released. ~Terri Guillemets
No. ~President Jimmy Carter's daughter Amy, when asked if she had any message for the children of America
Bread and water can so easily be toast and tea. ~Author Unknown
The twentieth century seems afflicted by a gigantic... power failure. Powerlessness and the sense of powerlessness may be the environmental disease of the age. ~Russell Baker, New York Times, 1 May 1969
A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. ~Jeremy Collier
For hearts that are kindly, with virtue and peace, and not seeking blindly a hoard to increase; for those who are grieving o'er life's sordid plan; for souls still believing in heaven and man; for homes that are lowly with love at the board; for things that are holy, I thank thee, O Lord! ~Walt Mason
Wisdom outweighs any wealth. ~Sophocles