“there are only these: sparkling eyes, smudged lipstick, fading starlight, the crunching of feet on gravel, laughter, and a slow walk home.”
Source: If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
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Surprised by Joy (1955)
“Having drown'd her sparkling Eyes in tears.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“Faint winds, and far away a fading laughter…
And the rain and over the fields a voice calling…”
Quoted, This Side of Paradise (1920)
“A sparkle was in his eye, but his life was in his hand.”
Tonight's the Night
Song lyrics, Tonight's the Night (1975)
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“Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down.”
Source: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
" In Time of 'The Breaking Of Nations'" http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/hardy/poems/breaking.html (1915), lines 1-12, from Moments of Vision (1917); the title is derived from lines of Jeremiah 51:20: "Thou art my battle ax and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations."
Context: p>Only a man harrowing clods
In a slow silent walk
With an old horse that stumbles and nods
Half asleep as they stalk.Only thin smoke without flame
From the heaps of couch-grass;
Yet this will go onward the same
Though Dynasties pass.Yonder a maid and her wight
Come whispering by:
War's annals will cloud into night
Ere their story die.</p
As quoted by David Milner, "Haruo Nakajima Interview" http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/nakajima.htm, Kaiju Conversations (March 1995)