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Francis Thompson Quotes: The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.
         

The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.


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All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star.

All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star.



Agnosticism is the everlasting perhaps.

Agnosticism is the everlasting perhaps.



Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And perish in our own.

Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And perish in our own.



Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.

Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.



Thou cannot stir a flower Without troubling a star.

Thou cannot stir a flower Without troubling a star.



The desolation and terror of, for the first time, realizing that the mother can lose you, or you her, and your own abysmal loneliness and helplessness without her.

The desolation and terror of, for the first time, realizing that the mother can lose you, or you her, and your own abysmal loneliness and helplessness without her.



Oh invisible, we view thee, O world intangible, we touch thee, o world unknowable, we know thee.

Oh invisible, we view thee, O world intangible, we touch thee, o world unknowable, we know thee.



A dog, I will maintain, is a very tolerable judge of beauty, as appears from the fact that any liberally educated dog does, in a general way, prefer a woman to a man.

A dog, I will maintain, is a very tolerable judge of beauty, as appears from the fact that any liberally educated dog does, in a general way, prefer a woman to a man.



The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose's scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose.

The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose's scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose.



Little Jesus, was Thou shy Once, and just so small as I? And what did it feel like to be Out of Heaven, and just like me?

Little Jesus, was Thou shy Once, and just so small as I? And what did it feel like to be Out of Heaven, and just like me?





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The day i am not listening to music is the very next day of my last day.

The day i am not listening to music is the very next day of my last day.



At last the bottom fell out.No more water in the pail.No more moon in the water.

At last the bottom fell out.No more water in the pail.No more moon in the water.



I think there are two different oceans - the one that plays with you in the summer, and the one that gets so mad in the winter.

I think there are two different oceans - the one that plays with you in the summer, and the one that gets so mad in the winter.



Life makes no sense if you have to tolerate endless lies. I will never accept this system, which is built on lies, i will not stop my fight against this junta.

Life makes no sense if you have to tolerate endless lies. I will never accept this system, which is built on lies, i will not stop my fight against this junta.



As any psychologist will tell you, the worst thing you can possibly do to a woman is to deprive her of a grievance.

As any psychologist will tell you, the worst thing you can possibly do to a woman is to deprive her of a grievance.



He glanced furtively up and down the hallway. "Hodge too. Everyone wants to talk to me. Except you, I bet you don't want to talk to me," said Jace. "No," said Clary. "I want to eat. I'm starving.

He glanced furtively up and down the hallway. "Hodge too. Everyone wants to talk to me. Except you, I bet you don't want to talk to me," said Jace. "No," said Clary. "I want to eat. I'm starving.



They never discussed it, but both came to understand it as a promise: he would always make sure there was a place for her. She would always be able to say, Someone is coming. I am not alone.

They never discussed it, but both came to understand it as a promise: he would always make sure there was a place for her. She would always be able to say, Someone is coming. I am not alone.



When you're working on a film, it's intense and it's very all-consuming. There's not something in particular.

When you're working on a film, it's intense and it's very all-consuming. There's not something in particular.



Adversarial power relationships only work if you never have to see or work with the bastards again.

Adversarial power relationships only work if you never have to see or work with the bastards again.



Where there is no difficulty there is no praise.

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise.




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