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Old age is . . . a lot of crossed off names in an address book.
Old age is . . . a lot of crossed off names in an address book.
Oh! no! we never mention her,
Her name is never heard;
My lips are now forbid to read more
Oh! no! we never mention her,
Her name is never heard;
My lips are now forbid to speak
That once familiar word.
- Thomas Haynes Bayly,
Called me wessel, Sammy--a wessel of wrath.
Called me wessel, Sammy--a wessel of wrath.
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My
name is Legion: for we are read more
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My
name is Legion: for we are many.
Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.
Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.
I came to live in a country I love; some people label me a defector. I have loved men and read more
I came to live in a country I love; some people label me a defector. I have loved men and women in my life; I've been labeled "the bisexual defector." Want to know another secret? I'm even ambidextrous. I don't like labels. Just call me Martina.
One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die
One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die
He left a Corsair's name to other times,
Linked with one virtue, and a thousand crimes.
He left a Corsair's name to other times,
Linked with one virtue, and a thousand crimes.
