Autumn teaches us that fruition is also death; that ripeness is a form of decay. The willows, having stood for so long… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Worlds on worlds are rolling ever From creation to decay, Like the bubbles on a river Sparkling, bursting, borne away. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
And on the pedestal these words appear: 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“A lot of things in the house were broken or forgotten: the kitchen clock stopped, a closet doorknob coming off in my… — Emma Cline Copy Share Image
But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime; An age that melts with… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In interviews, the first question I get in America is always: 'What do you do to stay young?' I do nothing. I… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
They carried the sky. The whole atmosphere, they carried it, the humidity, the monsoons, the stink of fungus and decay, all of… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
Truths are immortal, my dear friend; they are immortal like God! What we call a falsity is like a fruit; it has… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
What is Death, so it be but glorious? 'Tis a sunset; And mortals may be happy to resemble The Gods but in… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
It's art that pushes against psychological and social expectations, that tries to transform decay into something generative, that is replicative in a… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
The era of wild apples will soon be over. I wander through old orchards of great extent, now all gone to decay,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Perfection of planning is a symptom of decay. During a period of exciting discovery or progress, there is no time to plan… — C. Northcote Parkinson Copy Share Image
Beyond work and love, I would add two other ingredients that give meaning to life. First, to fulfill whatever talents we are… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Always learn poems by heart. They have to become the marrow in your bones. Like fluoride in the water, they'll make your… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
What has soul in it differs from what has not, in that the former displays life. Now this word has more than… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“As far as he could discover, there were no signs of spring. The decay that covered the surface of the mottled ground… — Nathanael West Copy Share Image
The avarice of the miser may be termed the grand sepulchral of all his other passions, as they successively decay. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Sad that our finest aspiration, Our freshest dreams and meditations, In swift succession should decay, Like Autumn leaves that rot away. — Alexander Pushkin Copy Share Image
I was realizing, for the first time, that everything goes on, turns gray, is ruined in the living. That there is no… — Carmen Laforet Copy Share Image
Let go the past, let go the future, and let go the present (front, back, middle). Crossing to the farther shore of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The politburo have seriously self-criticized and honestly apologize to the Central Committee for the shortcomings in party building, cases of moral decay… — Nguyen Phu Trong Copy Share Image
Gary is a really impoverished town; it's in industrial decay. There's low employment and things of that nature. — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
