Quotes of Mervyn Peake

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He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt.

- Mervyn Peake

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“ I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. ”

- Joyce Kilmer

“ After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language? ”

- Russell Hoban

“ When you know my love, my love will warm you. ”

- Ruby Dee

“ Your memory feels like home to me. So whenever my mind wanders, it always finds it’s way back to you. ”

- Ranata Suzuki

“ This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell. ”

- Joan Crawford

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

- Ellen DeGeneres

“ A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. ”

- Socrates

“ Don't let him take who you are. Make him fear who you'll become. ”

- Mary Weber

“ May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love. ”

- Thomas S. Monson

“ All for one and one for all. ”

- Alexandre Dumas

“ Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit. ”

- Banksy

“ And these aches in my heart create poetry! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night. ”

- A. J. McLean

“ It was like I’d met my life’s purpose. Like I’d been hurtling through the cosmos, blind, and without a destiny and he gave me one. He was fated to be the man who would break my heart at last. The heart I’d kept under scrutiny, sheltered, for this long, he tore through the heavy vaults and ripped it right out of my chest. From then on, there was no me, and no him. There was only us. ”

- Ellie Fox

“ The more one judges, the less one loves. ”

- Honore de Balzac

“ There are no trips to your past that are free ”

- Michalopoulos Angelos

“ Whether you know or not, you are the infinite potential of love, peace and joy ”

- Amit Ray

“ A heart, once stolen, can never be taken back. ”

- Marissa Meyer

“ Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you. ”

- Amit Ray

“ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ”

- Helen Keller

“ A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can’t get very far until you change it. ”

- Unknown