“History is always lying before you, unnoticed: till you suddenly see it, as we do now.”
Amit Chaudhuri (1962) contemporary Indian-English novelist
Friend of My Youth (2017)
Serious Business http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/serious-business/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English
“History is always lying before you, unnoticed: till you suddenly see it, as we do now.”
Amit Chaudhuri (1962) contemporary Indian-English novelist
Friend of My Youth (2017)
Adrian Henri (1932–2000) British poet
"The Entry of Christ into Liverpool", from British Poetry since 1945 (1970), Ed. Edward Lucie-Smith.<p>
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
Interview on Middle East Television Network, February 18, 2004 http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/02/20040218-10.html <br class="br">2000s, 2004
Jamie Uys (1921–1996) South African film director
Jani Allan, "(Still) letting the good times roll", Sunday Times (1979), republished in Face Value by Jani Allan.
“It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs.”
Jim Harrison (1937–2016) American novelist, poet, essayist
Source: The Road Home
“We are born sad and we die sad, but meanwhile we love bodies whose sad beauty is a miracle.”
Mario Benedetti (1920–2009) Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet
“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist