At night, the moon, a pregnant woman, walks cautiously over the slippery heavens. — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
We must grow out of religion. It is either bugaboo, formalism, or hysteria. Besides, what proof is there that "the churches" know more about… — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
“We pass and leave you lying. No need for rhetoric, for funeral music, for melancholy bugle-calls. No need for tears now, no need for regret. We took our risk with you; you died and we live. We take your noble gift, salute for the last time those lines of pitiable crosses, those solitary mounds, those unknown graves, and turn to… — Richard Aldington Copy Share
No man who has managed to keep out of an office can be called a failure in life. — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
A little common sense, goodwill, and a tiny dose of unselfishness could make this goodly earth into an earthly paradise. — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
I have sat here happy in the gardens, Watching the still pool and the reeds And the dark clouds. . . . But though… — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
“But if I'm useless only because I haven't been properly educated, is that my fault?” — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
Adventure is allowing the unexpected to happen to you. Exploration is experiencing what you have not experienced before. How can there be any adventure,… — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
“All nations teach their children to be "patriotic", and abuse the other nations for fostering nationalism." ("Sacrifice Post")” — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
Cats are like donkeys and camels, they won't ever quite give in to human tyranny, they won't try to imitate the human soul. — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
“In the twentieth century the women who wanted to be on their own were some of the best, the honest ones, those who instinctively… — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
“The casualty lists went on appearing for a long time after the Armistice - last spasms of Europe's severed arteries.” — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
Such shame is not even skin deep. And as to forgetting, surely, you know that is Woman's First and Greatest Art? — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
