Quotes of Cyril Connolly

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Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph — green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree.

- Cyril Connolly

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“ I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over.   In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present ”

- Lao tzu

“ Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ There is nothing higher than love, and nothing lower than ignorance. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Betrayal, Selfishness, Sly and many more! A kid is far away from understanding abstract nouns except one Love. ”

- Somya Kedia

“ It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. ”

- Andre Gide

“ Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ I do not write feelings, emotions I do not write after that day, about love anything I do not write my silence scream somewhere inside me there are my bloody wounds on paper words I do not write ”

- Mohammed Zaki Ansari

“ Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Some symbols reach to your primordial archives. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ I thought it (love) meant like you hold out your hand and someone takes it, holds it hard, and pulls you safe from the river. You talk. You tell him bits of yourself. You say here's where I hurt and you give it to him and he holds it and gives you where he hurts in return and you hold it and that's how you learn to love. ”

- Elizabeth George

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ Love is beautiful as written in The Greatest Proposal Book ”

- Khuliso Mamathoni

“ The one that’s different often has the odds stacked against them but usually ends up with the biggest rewards so it’s always worth it. ”

- TorronLee Dewar

“ True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the wellbeing of one's companion. ”

- Gordon B. Hinckley

“ Relationships are like Rome difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love. ”

- Helen Keller

“ I wonder if you have noticed a rather rummy thing about it viz. that it is everywhere. You can't get away from it. Love, I mean. Wherever you go, there it is, buzzing along in every class of life. Quite remarkable. ”

- P. G. Wodehouse

“ If you have kindness in your heart, you offer acts of kindness to touch the hearts of others wherever you go—whether they are random or planned. Kindness becomes a way of life. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ There are many Mondays to go before I die. I may as well look forward to them. ”

- Trevor Carss

“ The difference between the love of a man and the love of a woman is that a man will always give reasons for loving, but a woman gives no reasons for loving. ”

- Fulton J. Sheen

“ There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ”

- Banksy

“ We need hearts with restored empathy And homes with restored hope ”

- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“ Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. ”

- Ellen DeGeneres

“ If I envision a just, fair future, I must behave justly and fairly today. ”

- Elena Aguilar