With the need for the self in the time of another / I left my seaport grim and dear / knowing good work could be made / in the state governed by both Hope and Despair.
Roman PayneTags: life poetry work despair decisions hope poem travel choices poems aloneness hope-and-despair seaport
I just wish moments weren’t so fleeting!' Isaac called to the man on the roof, 'They pass so quickly!'
'Fleeting?!' responded the tilling man, 'Moments? They pass quickly?! . . . Why, once a man is finished growing, he still has twenty years of youth. After that, he has twenty years of middle age. Then, unless misfortune strikes, nature gives him twenty thoughtful years of old age. Why do you call that quickly?' And with that, the tilling man wiped his sweaty brow and continued tilling; and the dejected Isaac continued wandering.
'Stupid fool!' Isaac muttered quietly to himself as soon as he was far enough away not to be heard.
Tags: time youth old-age middle-age passage-of-time roman fable dialogue growing-old payne hope-and-despair
The birthing wolf,
Her heart fed with tenderness,
Gave forth from ripe brown nipples,
Food to feed the universe.
Tags: satire poem birth satirical wolf roman payne roman-payne hope-and-despair
What a lover’s heart knows let no man’s brain dispute.
AberjhaniTags: wisdom love inspiration philosophy inspirational-quotes spirituality intuition lovers intellectualism valentine-s-day hope-and-despair famous-author famous-poet
To die,
so young to die.
No, no, not I,
I love the warm sunny skies,
light, song, shining eyes,
I want no war, no battle cry,
No, no, not I.
Tags: inspirational strength love inspiration peace courage hope determination defiance hope-and-despair jewish-heroines resistance-fighters ww2-history
The inaugural morning at Merston High was officially over. It was no longer a mysterious place in Melody's imagination, filled with endless possibilities and hooks on which to hang hopes for a better tomorrow. It was completely - boringly - normal. Like meeting an online crush after months of e-flirting, the reality didn't live up to the fantasy. It was dull, predictable, and way more attractive in the photos.
Lisi HarrisonTags: school disappointment hope-and-despair disillusioned
He couldn’t look back at the children. He couldn’t think of it. All he could do was watch the eyes of his wife.
He pulled her to him, her body soft, her skin warm. She was life, she was his. He took her lips and tasted his freedom once more. The subtle tenderness. The hope hidden in joined breath. He took it into himself. Soaking in the peace that came with it.
And even as the rustling began he felt still, he felt calm. Scratching and scrapping within the stones, and the rustle of wings. But all Eli knew was the nature of love.
Tags: love kissing romance death hope sacrifice lovers hope-and-despair love-story kiss-of-death
Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.
Henryk SienkiewiczTags: humanity hope cruelty hope-and-despair
When you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.
Tags: wisdom hope-and-despair
Being stubborn won't make you fluent. Practicing will! The more mistakes you make, the more you'll learn not to.
Thanhhà LạiTags: life learning classic hope vietnam-war hope-and-despair vietnamese insideoutandbackagain childrensbooks
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