Posted by: Ludovica Marinucci
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.
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The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.
There are many occasions when the muscles that form the lips of the mouth move the lateral muscles that are joined to them, and there are an equal number of occasions when these lateral muscles move the lips of this mouth, replacing it where it cannot return of itself, because the function of muscle is to pull and not to push except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.
Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.
We're good at nothing but capable of anything.
People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.
I want there to be at every factory and mine exit my poetry fixed on the ground, in the air, on the victory of mistreated man.
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.
There are moments when life gives you moments of unexpected beauty. You stop doing something and you realize that around you everything is perfect, the gift of a less distracted God than usual. Everything seems sincere. The birth of a new life, the dawn of change, something deep or simply the confirmation of a love kept hidden, of a secret feeling, kept silently within us modestly or even the end of something, the end of a moment, of a difficult period always harder to sustain... when our short breaths end, giving way to a long and deep one that fills and empties the chest... in those moments I'm wanting for nothing...
"What you are moment after moment" said Brandy "is only history".