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Thou cannot stir a flower Without troubling a star.


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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.



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

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



Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.

Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.



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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We'd find more energy in the attics of American homes (through energy conservation measures) than in all the oil buried in Alaska.

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We are a kind of posterity in respect to them.

We are a kind of posterity in respect to them.



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Canelo wants to test himself and see if he is among the elite fighters. This is a golden opportunity for me, so I'm very, very happy.

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