soothe a savage breast

 

“Musick hath Charms to sooth a savage Breast,

To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.”

 

~ William Congreve ~

 

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tick tock

 

“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.”

 

~ Hector Berlioz ~

 

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she would dream again

 

“A medium suitable for me does not exist yet, unless I invent it.”

 

~ William S. Burroughs ~

 

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tomorrow never comes

 

“Learn from yesterday, live for today.”

 

~ Albert Einstein ~

 

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impressions

 

“Everything that we experience every day

leaves a long-lasting impression.”

 

~ Pharrell Williams ~

 

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SOOTHE A SAVAGE BREAST

 

“Musick hath Charms to sooth a savage Breast,

To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.”

 

~ William Congreve ~

 

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BEAUTIFUL BITCH

 

“Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.”

 

~ Dion Boucicault ~

 

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ROSY CRUCIFIXIONS

 

“My life was one long rosy crucifixion.”

 

~ Henry Miller ~

 

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TICK TOCK

 

“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.”

 

~ Hector Berlioz

 

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SITTING IN SILENCE

 

“Remember, writing poetry is like making love:

one will never know whether one’s own pleasure is shared.”

 

~ Cesare Pavese ~

 

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RUTHSONG

 

“i wrote this when i was twenty-one for a very talented

lovely lady cellist who graced my life briefly…”

 

~ erik geoffrey barth a.k.a. nightpoet ~

 

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ONE NIGHTMORE

 

“If songs were lines in a conversation,

the situation would be fine…”

 

~ Nick Drake ~

 

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ΣΊΒΥΛΛΑ

 

“The Sibyl with raving mouth,

uttering things mirthless, unadorned and unperformed,

reaches over a thousand years

with her voice through the god.”

 

~ Heraclitus ~

 

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REFLECTIONS BLENDING

 

“All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.”

 

~ Elias Canetti ~

 

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TOMORROW NEVER COMES

 

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on,

and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

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SOOTHE A SAVAGE BREAST

 

“Musick hath Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.”

 

~ William Congreve ~

 

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RÉFLEXIONS IMPRESSIONNISTES

 

“For an Impressionist to paint from nature

is not to paint the subject,

but to realize sensations.”

 

~ Paul Cezanne ~

 

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LE RÊVEUR

 

“All that we see or seem

is but a dream within a dream.”

 

~ Edgar Allan Poe ~

 

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IMPRESSIONS

 

“Everything that we experience every day

leaves a long-lasting impression.”

 

~ Pharrell Williams ~

 

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