stop to smell the roses

 

“And in the end, the love you take,

   is equal to the love you make…”

 

~ Paul McCartney ~

 

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a personal observation

 

“Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream.”

 

~ Khalil Gibran ~

 

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at last i am free

 

“There is a time for departure

even when there’s no certain place to go.”

 

~ Tennessee Williams ~

 

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jesse / plain jane

 

“Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence.”

 

~ Robert Fripp ~

 

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l’ êmoi passé

 

“The future is just a dream, the past but a memory.

There is only ever now and it never lasts…”

 

~ nightpoet ~

 

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make art not war

 

“Art holds fast when all else is lost.”

 

~ German Proverb ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art taken in Paris in September 2017.

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moon over me

 

“There are nights when the wolves are silent

and only the moon howls.”

 

~ George Carlin ~

 

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tense

 

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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woman

 

“You had the power all along my dear.”

 

~ Glinda the Good Witch (The Wizard of Oz ~ L. Frank Baum) ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art by Gregos taken in Paris in May 2017.

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paradox

 

“What? do I love her,

that I desire to hear her speak again,

and feast upon her eyes.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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in her i had everything

 

“A thought that sometimes makes me hazy:

Am I – or are the others crazy?”

 

~ Albert Einstein ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of the mineral Sepiolite taken in Paris in May 2018.

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a good fit

 

“Like a ballet dancer, she keeps me on my toes.”

 

~ Jarod Kintz ~

 

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peace on earth

 

“We live in a world where we have to hide to make love,

while violence is practiced in broad daylight.”

 

~ John Lennon ~

 

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sacrilege

 

“I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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she shines

 

“Love is like the wind, you can’t see it, but you can feel it.”

 

~ Nicholas Sparks ~

 

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citadel

 

“We are all born ignorant,

but one must work hard to remain stupid.”

 

~ Benjamin Franklin ~

 

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brevity

 

“Four basic premises of writing, clarity, brevity, simplicity and humanity.”

 

~ William Zinsser ~

 

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love your world

 

“Reality is merely an illusion,

albeit a very persistent one.”

 

~ Albert Einstein ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art by Kefran taken in Paris in June 2018.

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taste alone

 

“I would rather die with the taste of you on my tongue

than live and never touch you again.”

 

~ Michelle Hodkin ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an analog photo taken in May 1986.

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i watched

 

“Men look at themselves in mirrors.

Women look for themselves.”

 

~ Elissa Melamed ~

 

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