#age

His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. Later he became conscious of his damaged wings and of their construction and he learned to think and could not fly any more because the love of flight was gone and he could only remember when it had been effortless. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#flight #life #loss #nostalgia #age

Being able to sing all these years has helped me handle life's tragedies. ↗

— Patti Page

#being #handle #helped #life #me

I have no expectation that any man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age, by men whose names have resounded far, has any deeper sense than what he is doing today. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#history #purpose #vocation #age

I want to learn the language of the sun, and burn Agatha’s eyes out with my love poems. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#language #poem #funny

erhaps it was the difference in age between the countries—America with its expansive youth, building all those drive-in movie theaters and cowboy restaurants; Italians living in endless contraction, in the artifacts of generations, in the bones of empires. ↗

— Jess Walter

#cowboys #empires #italy #age

Most pitchers are too smart to manage. ↗

— Jim Palmer

#most #pitchers #smart #too

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#background #crimes #experience #financial #found

Living a fulfilling relationship requires courage, nakedness and absolute fearlessness. ↗

— Liliane Mavridara

#personal-development #relationships #courage

Faith means that it doesn't matter what happens. You can trust that somebody is watching. Trust that somebody will make it right. It means that there will always be a way. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#trust #age

You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing. ↗

— Walker Percy

#age #because #deranged #doing #faintest