#na

The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. ↗

— William Lloyd Garrison

#between #compact #covenant #death #exists

Lena Horne is the sweetest and most adorable woman in the world. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

#lena #most #sweetest #woman #world

When Merle and I started out we called our music 'traditional plus,' meaning the traditional music of the Appalachian region plus whatever other styles we were in the mood to play. ↗

— Doc Watson

#called #i #meaning #merle #mood

It's different when the person you love dies. There's an awful finality to death. But it is final. The end. And there's the funeral, family gatherings, grieving, all of those necessary rituals. And they help, believe me. When the object of your love just disappears, there's no way to deal with the grief and pain. ↗

— Barbara Taylor Bradford

#finality #grief #love #pain #death

Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys. ↗

— Mark Akenside

#fantastic #imaginary #joys #painted #pursues

We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of the age. ↗

— Peter Akinola

#american #been #bury #church #deadly

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature. ↗

— Josef Albers

#more #nature #probably #real #than

We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things. ↗

— Leon Battista Alberti

#beautiful #beautiful things #choose #most #most beautiful

I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#being #better #capability #great #great advantage

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#because #force #further #future #indispensable