Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine read more

He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to read more

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. -Joan Baez.

What voice did on my spirit fall,
Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost?
'Tis better to have read more

What voice did on my spirit fall,
Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost?
'Tis better to have fought and lost
That never to have fought at all!

Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell,
. . . .
And boldly venture to read more

Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell,
. . . .
And boldly venture to whatever place
Farthest from pain?

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.

Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.

Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.