For a country without a past is nothing, a word That…

Speaking of [Philip] Larkin, in his poem about the First World War he wrote something like, "Never such innocence, before or since, that turned…

— Quentin S. Crisp

“Even so, I think historians have more to offer than perspective on our present woes. The foreign country we call the past also lets…

— Rutger Bregman

I understand that Italy could have been associated with the idea of an undisciplined country in the past.

— Mario Monti

I'm really into ghost towns. I've driven cross-country the past few summers, and I would stop at some ghost towns along the way. They're…

— Hong Chau

We meet ourselves at every turn In the long country of the past.

— Edwin Muir

Poetry is news brought to the mountains by a unicorn and an echo.

— Czeslaw Milosz

Leaves glowing in the sun, zealous hum of bumblebees, From afar, from somewhere beyond the river, echoes of lingering voices And the unhurried sounds…

— Czeslaw Milosz

“Dignity has no price, when someone starts making small concessions, in the end, life loses all meaning.”

— José Saramago

“When I was a little kid, I realized that if you say any word over and over fast enough, it loses all its meaning.”

— Cassandra Clare

“It took me far too long to realize that lost years and relationships cannot be recovered, that damage done to oneself and others cannot…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.

— Andy Warhol

“Without death, life loses its meaning - without meaning, you were already dead.”

— Kevin Bohacz

Victory loses its meaning without the memory of what you've vanquished.

— Alastair Reynolds

If all countries are exceptional, the word loses its meaning.

— Paul Craig Roberts

My mother taught me this trick: if you repeat something over and over again it loses its meaning, for example homework homework homework homework…

— Anonymous