“Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, a potting shed, a wall where peaches ripen, than to burn like meteor and leave no dust.”
Source: Orlando: A Biography (1928), Ch. 2
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English writer 1882–1941Related quotes
“I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.”
Guy De Maupassant (1850–1893) French writer
As quoted in "Guy De Maupassant : A Study" by Pol Neveux, in Original Short Stories http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3090
“Better that we leave the paint behind," Hans told her, "than ever forget the music.”
Markus Zusak book The Book Thief
Source: The Book Thief
“Everything that changes, where it changes, leaves behind it an abyss.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Todo lo que cambia, donde cambia, deja detrás de sí un aibsmo.
Voces (1943)
“Leave this world a little better than you found it.”
Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941) lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement
Baden-Powell's Last Message (1941)
“What you leave behind is the people you loved. You leave yourself in them.”
Ann Brashares book Sisterhood Everlasting
Source: Sisterhood Everlasting
Shunryu Suzuki (1904–1971) Japanese Buddhist missionary
Quoted in 'Enter the Heart of the Fire : A collection of Mystical Poems (1981) by Mary E. Giles and Kathryn Hohlwein
