Longer - Quotes
Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
If a child is old enough to be sent on errands without supervision, he`s not totally a child any longer.
And pray that I may forget
These matters that with myself I too much discuss
Too much explain
Because I do not hope to turn again
Let these words answer
For what is done, not to be done again
May the judgement not be too heavy upon us
Because these wings are no longer wings to fly
But merely vans to beat the air
The air which is now thoroughly small and dry
Smaller and dryer than the will
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still.
Because I do not hope to turn again
Because I do not hope
Because I do not hope to turn
Desiring this man`s gift and that man`s scope
I no longer strive to strive towards such things.
The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.
Behind every kiss looms the secret desire for annihilation, for an ultimate happiness that is no longer in the mood for argument but knows that to be happy is to cease entirely and surrender to feeling.
I love my past. I love my present. I`m not ashamed of what I`ve had, and I`m not sad because I have it no longer.
What shall I call you,
when my lips receive
the flaming ruby of yours,
and our souls fuse in the fire of the kiss
like night and day in dawn,
and I can no longer see the world,
no longer see time,
and I drown in mysterious
transports of eternity -
what shall I call you?
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.