Henry Pierson Crowe quotes

“Goddamn it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!”
-- Henry Pierson Crowe

#Military Quotes #Heart Quotes #Purple Quotes

“Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.”

Source : "Adam Driver, boy among girls". Interview with Keely Weiss, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 13, 2012.

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”

“The Holy Spirit is just as truly in us when He makes no sign as when the fountains of joy are overflowing, or the waters of peace are softly refreshing our weary and troubled heart.”

“When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, `The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.”

“With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipped maiden And many a lightfoot lad.”

Source : Shropshire Lad (1896) no. 54

“To truly find God, truth needs to be found independently from the opinions of others. The truth has to be found in our hearts.”

“The sky is already purple; the first few stars have appeared, suddenly, as if someone had thrown a handful of silver across the edge of the world.”

“The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.”

Source : Interview with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com.

“I struggle immensely with celebrities of all kinds. I get clammy hands and turn a little purple.”

“I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.”