R.S. Thomas (1913–2000) Welsh poet
"Alive", p. 51
Laboratories of the Spirit (1975)
"Inverse Proportion", translated by Sammy Solberg
R.S. Thomas (1913–2000) Welsh poet
"Alive", p. 51
Laboratories of the Spirit (1975)
“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.”
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
Variant: Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do.
Masiela Lusha (1985) Albanian actress, writer, author
"Full Moon - A Siren's Song" http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/full-moon-a-siren-s-song/ <br class="br">Drinking the Moon (2006)
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.”
Walt Whitman (1819–1892) American poet, essayist and journalist
This has become attributed to both Walt Whitman and Helen Keller, but has not been found in either of their published works, and variations of the quote are listed as a proverb commonly used in both the US and Canada in A Dictionary of American Proverbs (1992), edited by Wolfgang Mieder, Kelsie B. Harder and Stewart A. Kingsbury.
Misattributed
Peter Gabriel (1950) English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian
In Your Eyes
Song lyrics, So (1986)
“I love you. I love your smile, your snarl, your grin, your face when you're sleeping.”
James Patterson (1947) American author
Source: Fang
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: Ariel: The Restored Edition