“The maple tree that night
Without a wind or rain
Let go its leaves
Because its time had come.”
Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005) American politician
"The Maple Tree"
Poems
“It was the in-between time, before day leaves and night comes, a time I’ve never been partial to because of the sadness that lingers in the space between going and coming.”
— Sue Monk Kidd, book The Secret Life of Bees
Source: The Secret Life of Bees
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A little space for the rose-breath to fill!
Lest I no more hear common things that crave;
The weak worm hiding down in its small cave,
The field-mouse running by me in the grass,
And heavy mortal hopes that toil and pass;
But seek alone to hear the strange things said
By God to the bright hearts of those long dead,
And learn to chaunt a tongue men do not know.
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“Well, it's a long time coming,
And, meanwhile, we're the wheat between the stones.”
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Context: Outcasts of war, misfits, rebellious souls,
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They hide out in the hills and stir up trouble,
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Andrzej Sapkowski book The Last Wish
Source: The Last Wish
“In my time I’ve been very fortunate to see many of my dreams come true!”
Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008) British science fiction writer, science writer, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host
90th Birthday Reflections (2007)
Context: In my time I’ve been very fortunate to see many of my dreams come true! Growing up in the 1920s and 1930s, I never expected to see so much happen in the span of a few decades. We "space cadets" of the British Interplanetary Society spent all our spare time discussing space travel — but we didn’t imagine that it lay in our own near future… I still can't quite believe that we've just marked the 50th anniversary of the Space Age! We’ve accomplished a great deal in that time, but the "Golden Age of Space" is only just beginning. Over the next 50 years, thousands of people will travel to Earth orbit — and then, to the Moon and beyond. Space travel — and space tourism — will one day become almost as commonplace as flying to exotic destinations on our own planet.
Paul LePage (1948) American businessman, Republican Party politician, and the 74th Governor of Maine
As quoted by The Times. http://time.com/4172603/paul-lepage-chris-christie-maine-2016-election/ (January 8, 2016)
