"For he would be thinking of love..." - Quote by William Butler Yeats
For he would be thinking of love Till the stars had run away And the shadows eaten the moon.
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“The poor have very few hours in which to enjoy themselves; they must take their pleasure raw; they haven't the time to cook it.”
“If a poet interprets a poem of his own he limits its suggestibility.”
“What portion in the world can the artist have, Who has awakened from the common dream, But dissipation and despair?”
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“Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head? How begot, how nourished? Reply, reply. It is engend'red in the eyes, With gazing fed, and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies.”
“Nature must be viewed humanly to be viewed at all; that is, her scenes must be associated with humane affections, such as are associated with one's native place. She is most significant to a lover. A lover of Nature is preeminently a lover of man. If I have no friend, what is Nature to me? She ceases to be morally significant. . .”
“Feel good about being someone who loves selflessly. I think someday you’ll find someone who loves you the exact same way.”
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“I couldn't bear to think about it; and yet, somehow, I couldn't think about nothing else.”
“While contemplating the bride, and eyeing the cake of soap, he muttered between his teeth: 'Tuesday. It was not Tuesday. Was it Tuesday? Perhaps it was Tuesday. Yes, it was Tuesday.' No one has ever discovered to what this monologue referred. Yes, perchance, this monologue had some connection with the last occasion on which he had dined, three days before, for it was now Friday.”
“How beautiful you are! You are more beautiful in anger than in repose. I don't ask you for your love; give me yourself and your hatred; give me yourself and that pretty rage; give me yourself and that enchanting scorn; it will be enough for me.”