Every time one sees a relative one finds a thorn
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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GIUSEPPE TOMASI DI LAMPEDUSA A house of which one knew every room wasn't worth living in
GIUSEPPE TOMASI DI LAMPEDUSA The young feel sorrows much more sharply that the old; the latter are nearer the safety net
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GIUSEPPE TOMASI DI LAMPEDUSA Now the road was crossing orange groves in flower, and the nuptial scent of the blossoms absorbed th...
GIUSEPPE TOMASI DI LAMPEDUSA Noi fummo i Gattopardi, i Leoni; quelli che ci sostituiranno saranno gli sciacalletti, le iene; e tu...
GIUSEPPE TOMASI DI LAMPEDUSA Jane Heard.
ONE I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind.
C LIONG Every fool finds a greater one to admire them.
BIOLEAU Every fool finds a greater one to admire them.
BIOLEAU The mightiest power of death is not that it can make people die, but that it can make the people you...
FREDRIK BACKMAN Closed eyes, heart not beating, but a living love.
AVIS COREA My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?
RAFAEL NADAL I'm like a recovering perfectionist. For me it's one day at a time.
BRENE BROWN How do you shoot a 150-day movie? You shoot it one day at a time.
DAVID FINCHER You don't know, oh, oh
You don't know you're beautiful.
ONE DIRECTION Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong.
KRS-ONE We get rated down by homeowners associations because we have no slums.
DAY ONE If we could only have this life for one more day. If we could only turn back time. You know I'll be ...
ONE DIRECTION You know I'll be
Your Life
Your Voice
Your Reason To Be
My Love
My Heart...
ONE DIRECTION do not cry , you can focus the light spot with the eyes , the eyes of your heart . smile
MISTER ONE Everyone loves the David and Goliath story, but if Goliath had slain David, it'd never have made the...
DAY ONE I've been coming here since Day One, ... Watching games at home is no fun. It's boring. Here, we get...
DAY ONE If it was $10 a gallon, I'd be buying it today since you can't get it anywhere else,
DAY ONE Get every drop in there. Can't lose none,
DAY ONE big, medium and small.
DAY ONE Yes, look, I don't think I can explain this any better to you, but we don't want to ... Well, I gues...
DAY ONE You hand fits in mine like its made to be but bear this in mind it was meant to be and im joining up...
ONE DIRECTION Tell me I'm a screwed up mess, that I never listen, listen. Tell me you don't want my kiss, that ...
ONE DIRECTION You're impossible to resist, but I wouldn't bet your heart on it. It's like I'm finally awake, and...
ONE DIRECTION Baby you light up my world like nobody else. The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed. An...
ONE DIRECTION Why did the mushroom go to the party?
Because he's a fungi!
ONE DIRECTION The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more bloo...
MAYA ANGELOU Death is tough for the people left behind on earth.
PRATEEKSHA MALIK People in the real world always say, when something terrible happens, that the sadness and loss and ...
FREDRIK BACKMAN When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. No...
MILAN KUNDERA The one thing we know about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
JEFF RICH Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.
WAYNE DYER I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.
CHARLES M. SCHULZ I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time.
NEIL YOUNG I never have planned a whole lot of future. It's one day at a time.
DARRELL ROYAL The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
DEAN ACHESON I wish I’d paid better attention. I didn’t yet think of time as finite. I didn’t fully appreci...
JESSICA MARIA TUCCELLI Every man sees his wife like an angel; until he gets a better one.
M.F. MOONZAJER One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Find here what each desires: men's pleasure goes - Strange ways: one pulls a thorn and one a rose
PETRONIUS Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time.
CHARLES M. SCHULZ The way to deal with the devil of obesity and diabetes is literally one day at a time.
STEPHEN FURST Like a deep sad note
played beneath the ocean
waving through the orb
the memories of ...
PAWAN MISHRA Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession,
many.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many
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J.K. ROWLING Whoever said that loss gets easier with time was a liar. Here's what really happens: The spaces betw...
KRISTIN O'DONNELL TUBB He Is Not Dead
I cannot say, and I will not say
That he is dead. He is just away. JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY From the day after we lose someone, how we lost them doesn't matter. All that matters now is that th...
CHAD PELLEY When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.
MADELINE MILLER I’d give in to the grief but make sure I wasn’t loud enough to draw attention from those who thi...
ADAM SILVERA It hurts when they're gone. And it doesn't matter if it's slow or fast, whether it's a long drawn-ou...
WALTER MOSLEY But surely Uncle Akbar could not be dead as they were dead? There must be something indestructible �...
M.M. KAYE To change yourself you have to move from where you are and take a step, then you have to be willing ...
BRENT M. JONES "Within every creative idiom one finds a range of endeavors
that inform, encompass and at times defi...
DJ GARRITY There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious...
JOHN MUIR The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Don't let fear rule your life. Live one day at a time, and never be afraid.
TAMMY FAYE BAKKER I take one day at a time. I am not someone to define my goals.
VIDYA BALAN I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.
GENE KELLY Is it the smoke?' the boy said, shivering slightly. 'I've never touched the stuff, myself, but how i...
ELEANOR CATTON What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.
ANTHONY CROSLAND I'm the first one who sees every romantic comedy in theaters.
ELIZABETH OLSEN A challenge is a opportunity to prove your ability.One who sees difficulty in opportunity never tast...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Just take another shot, because one more shot might be all you have got...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE How do you go on knowing that you will never again - not ever, ever - see the person you have loved?...
HOWARD JACOBSON When a child dies, a parent loses a part of themselves,” he said. “Your whole world ceases to ex...
NICOLE WILLIAMS I think back to the day I stood before my wife's grave for the final time, and turned away from it w...
JOHN SCALZI The shape does not change. There was a human being who was born, lived, and then, by some means or a...
NEIL GAIMAN The sun still, surprisingly, came up and shone down onto the cold, metal leftovers. No loud noises. ...
PLEASEFINDTHIS the deceased don’t want you to forget about them. They just want you to move past it; not to dwell...
JUSTIN PYFROM Dead mothers are rather fashionable these days. They lend such an attractive air of tragedy.
HEIDI SCHULZ The steel door of the incinerator went up and the muted hum of the eternal fire became a red roaring...
ARUNDHATI ROY What kind of wife would I be if I left your father simply because he was dead?
JESS WALTER ...nobody was ever really ready to turn off their mother's machine, no matter what they thought; to ...
FANNIE FLAGG No one makes history, no one sees it happen, no one sees the grass grow.
BORIS PASTERNAK One can be happy when he finds his dream, but every dream has to be followed by a new one and you ca...
HERMANN HESSE Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different.
JOHNNIE DENT JR. A close relative is one you see occasionally between family funerals.
SOURCE UNKNOWN One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN There is nothing beyond You; You are the One who does, sees, and knows.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in on...
EDGAR DEGAS No-one sees me as captain of the team.
MICHAEL OWEN Take life on life's terms - one day at a time. And have fun while you're doing it.
JOE PERRY I barely have time to think. But the best way to stay grounded is to take it one day at a time.
ALESSIA CARA Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars.
OSCAR WILDE Every rose has its thorn
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JANINE DI GIOVANNI The entire Internet, as well as the types of devices represented by the desktop computer, the laptop...
PAUL DI FILIPPO Take pleasure in your dreams; relish your principles and drape your purest feelings on the heart of ...
GIOTTO DI BONDONE Sometimes magnificent visual art takes root in the humblest of soils. Advertisements painted on old ...
PAUL DI FILIPPO Manhattan is increasingly less available to average-income earners.
JANINE DI GIOVANNI I find 'Edward Scissorhands' a very inspiring movie - it's one of the first movies about...
DENISE DI NOVI You have to be ECSTATIC about the benefits that your product brings to your consumer. Your energy an...
JOHN DI LEMME The human heart is as a frail craft on which we wish to reach the stars.
GIOTTO DI BONDONE Allow your rainy season to feed the seed in your heart so that you can mature to the next level in l...
JOHN DI LEMME Your results are the product of either personal focus or personal distractions. The choice is yours.
JOHN DI LEMME When you choose to change and commit to your future, you are going to create controversy with the pe...
JOHN DI LEMME There is a reason for every season. If you don’t have the season of emotional darkness, then you c...
JOHN DI LEMME The amount of piracy is extraordinary. People don't realize how big it is.
LORENZO DI BONAVENTURA Generally speaking, by the time a subculture such as steampunk secures the attention of major media,...
PAUL DI FILIPPO My life is a fairy tale. You could not make it up.
ELIO DI RUPO much ado about nothing.
LAWRENCE DI RITA The allegations were serious and the issue is a serious one. The inspector general concluded that it...
LAWRENCE DI RITA If you ignore your dream, it will die!
JOHN DI LEMME Once anthropology and geology had opened up the pre-recordkeeping darkness of humanity's long, s...
PAUL DI FILIPPO 97% of people are not committed to anything.
When the wind changes, they go the other way.
JOHN DI LEMME A committed person is focused on his ultimate destination.
JOHN DI LEMME Champions have a cement commitment. Is your commitment built on sand or on cement?
JOHN DI LEMME Focused, determined champions win races. Distracted people become losers in the race of life.
JOHN DI LEMME Say it - “I am a champion. I am a champion chooser. I choose to commit to change because I’m wil...
JOHN DI LEMME You have to be on your game and in your zone to win the game of life.
JOHN DI LEMME Life is a one time opportunity to be the very best that you can be so why do so many people waste it...
JOHN DI LEMME War has always been a part of science fiction. Even before the birth of SF as a standalone genre in ...
PAUL DI FILIPPO When I did a year-long study in 2005 of European countries integrating Muslims into their cultures, ...
JANINE DI GIOVANNI