“Fear no more the heat o' the sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages;
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
Fear no more the frown o' the great;
Thou art past the tyrant's stroke:
Care no more to clothe and eat;
To thee the reed is as the oak:
The sceptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this, and come to dust.
Fear no more the lightning-flash,
Nor the all-dreaded thunder-stone;
Fear not slander, censure rash;
Thou hast finished joy and moan;
All lovers young, all lovers must
Consign to thee, and come to dust.
No exorciser harm thee!
Nor no witchcraft charm thee!
Ghost unlaid forbear thee!
Nothing ill come near thee!
Quiet consummation have;
And renownéd be thy grave!”
“Hang there like a fruit, my soul, Till the tree die!
-Posthumus Leonatus
Act V, Scene V”
“Kneel not to me.
The pow'r that I have on you is to spare you;
The malice towards you to forgive you. Live,
And deal with others better.”
“Golden lads and girls all must as chimney sweepers come to dust.”
“Hang there like fruit, my soul,
Till the tree die.”
“The pow'r I have on you is to spare you / The malice towards you, to forgive you.
Posthumus”
“I am glad I was up so late, for that's the reason I was up so early.”
“The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to.”
“our cage
We make a quire, as doth the prison'd bird,
And sing our bondage freely.”
“Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.”
“...though those that are betray'd
Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor
Stands in worse case of woe.”
“You may wear her in title yours: but, you know, strange fowl light upon neighbouring ponds.”
“Now, master doctor, have you brought those drugs?”
“thither write, my queen,
And with mine eyes I'll drink the words you send
Though ink be made of gall.”
“What pleasure, sir, find we in life to lock it / From action and adventure?”
“not Hercules148 Could have knocked out his brains, for he had none:”
“Because destiny had a different plan. They were supposed to meet later. People come into our lives at certain times for various reasons having to do with lessons to be learned. It is not a coincidence that they didn’t meet at a much earlier age when they did not have other commitments. I think the reason people meet later is to learn about love in many different ways and about how to balance this with responsibility and commitment. They’ll meet again in a different lifetime. They must be patient.”
“The fire sings to the marshmallow, and the song turns the marshmallow brown because that's what marshmallows do when they're happy.”
“Reordon,” a male voice came over the line.
“Chris, it’s Marcus.”
“Hey, man. How’s it going?”
“Not that great. I wrecked my bike.”
“Ah, hell. Not the Hayabusa.”
“That’s the one.”
“Please tell me it’s just a scratch.”
Marcus studied the wreckage. “I’m sure if you sort through the debris, one or two pieces will have scratches on them.”
“Once the switch of parenthood is thrown, it chages you for ever & you can never exchange the extra pull of humanity it gives you.”
“Knowing that great conceptions are worth little without precision execution”
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