#ember

If I should die, I have left no immortal work behind me — nothing to make my friends proud of my memory — but I have loved the principle of beauty in all things, and if I had had time I would have made myself remembered. ↗

— John Keats

#beauty

Your red dress,’ she said, and laughed. But I looked at the dress on the floor and it was as if the fire had spread across the room. It was beautiful and it reminded me of something I must do. I will remember I thought. I will remember quite soon now. ↗

— Jean Rhys

#dress #fire #red #remember #beauty

I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn't care what he believed. ↗

— Lionel Barrymore

#believed #care #i #i can #nobody

Remember, you are the same today as you will be in five years, except for two things: the people you meet and the books you read. Choose both carefully. ↗

— Charlie "Tremendous" Jones

#change #remember #you-are #change

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#april #changes #december #maids #may

But remember, I am no politician, and no seer into souls. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#i #i am #into #politician #remember

Within the shadows of honor, courage often walks in silence. -Engraved on the monument Clay built ↗

— Lorraine Heath

#clay #lorraine-heath #courage

You think the only battles fought are done so with rifles, and the only wounds that kill draw blood. You think courage is loud, boisterous, and proud. Mrs. Warner, I don't think you have a clue as to what this memorial truly represents." -Clay to Meg ↗

— Lorraine Heath

#clayton #lorraine-heath #meg #courage

The event happened on my birthday. I don’t remember the date, I only know it was my birthday because there was no cake or presents.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cake #event #forget #memory #presents

When we die, we will turn into songs, and we will hear each other and remember each other. ↗

— Rob Sheffield

#music #remember #songs #death