Irene Dunne (1898–1990) American actress
Everyone Loved Irene, by William Frye http://www.irenedunnesite.com/press/vanity-fair-march-2004/ Vanity Fair, 2004]
Rewards of Passion (Sheer Poetry) (1981)
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) American actress
Everyone Loved Irene, by William Frye http://www.irenedunnesite.com/press/vanity-fair-march-2004/ Vanity Fair, 2004]
Jorja Fox (1968) American actress
“ ADI Jorja Fox press conference, Austin Texas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwUa6kweniM,” interview with Animal Defenders International (14 July 2008).
“My lover is experiencing reverse evolution.”
Aimee Bender (1969) Novelist, short story writer
“Life, you are our friend. Death, our lover.”
Alessandro Pavolini (1903–1945) Italian politician and writer
Quoted in "L'Italia del fascio" By Mario Isnenghi - Page 39.
Jacques Brel (1929–1978) Belgian singer-songwriter
Seasons in the Sun" (1961), as translated by Rod McKuen from Brel's song "Le Moribond" · McKuen performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY__eaedtOA · Beach Boys performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzjIra9pheU<br><p>Goodbye, Michelle, my little one;<br> You gave me love and helped me find the sun,<br>And every time that I was down<br>You would always come around<br>And get my feet back on the ground.</p><p>Goodbye, Michelle, it's hard to die<br>When all the birds are singing in the sky;<br>Now that the spring is in the air,<br>With the flowers everywhere,<br>I wish that we could both be there!</p><br>As adapted in the Terry Jacks version (1974) <br class="br">Context: p> Adieu, Francoise, my trusted wife;<br>Without you I'd have had a lonely life.<br>You cheated lots of times but then,<br>I forgave you in the end<br>Though your lover was my friend.Adieu, Francoise, it's hard to die<br>When all the birds are singing in the sky.<br>Now that spring is in the air<br>With your lovers ev'rywhere,<br>Just be careful; I'll be there.</p
“You are speaking of my future lover. Be more respectful.”
Charlaine Harris book Club Dead
Source: Club Dead
“There are books… which rank in our life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“If you look closely you'll find all my lovers inscribed on my skin.”
Jill Ciment (1955) Canadian writer
Source: The Tattoo Artist
“This morning I will not
Comb my hair.
It has lain
Pillowed on the hand of my lover.”
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662–710) Japanese poet
XX, p. 22
Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (1955)