Quotes for anniversaries and events
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“The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature. ”
“I was not, I lived and loved, I am not.”
A Fish Dinner in Memison (1941)
Context: The black arrowed swoop of the moment swung high into the unceilinged future, ten, fifty, sixty years, may be: then, past seeing, up to that warmthless unconsidered mock-time, when nothing shall be left but the memorial that fits all (except, if there be, the most unhappiest) of human kind: I was not, I lived and loved, I am not.
“My father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.”
“It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.”
Statement after his speech before the League of Nations (30 June 1936), as quoted in " "The Lion is Freed" in TIME magazine (8 September 1975) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,917777,00.html?iid=chix-sphere
“It's easier to build strong children then repair broken men.”
Variant: It is easier to build strong men, than to repair broken ones.
Source: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
“The important thing is to be nothing.”
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)
“True friends are like diamonds – bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.”
Variant: Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Variant: You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
“He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
Variant: Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same
Source: Wuthering Heights
