“Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate papa.”
Source: The Little White Bird (1902), Ch. 22
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Ode to the Spirit of Earth in Autumn, st. 14.
Source: My Brilliant Friend

“The dead are free from Fortune; Mother Earth has room for all her children, and he who lacks an urn has the sky to cover him.”
Libera fortunae mors est; capit omnia tellus
quae genuit; caelo tegitur qui non habet urnam.
Book VII, line 818 (tr. J. D. Duff).
Pharsalia

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Charlotte's 4th ending, written page in brush, related to no. 4923v https://charlotte.jck.nl/detail/M004923/part/character/theme/keyword/M004923JHM: (555) 'Life? or Theater..', p. 820
Charlotte Salomon - Life? or Theater?