Williston Fish quotes
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“I leave to children exclusively, but only for the life of their childhood, all and every the dandelions of the fields and the daisies thereof, with the right to play among them freely, according to the custom of children, warning them at the same time against the thistles. And I devise to children the yellow shores of creeks and the golden sands beneath the water thereof, with the dragon flies that skim the surface of said waters, and and the odors of the willows that dip into said waters, and the white clouds that float on high above the giant trees.”
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“And I leave the children the long, long days to be merry in in a thousand ways, and the Night, and the trail of the Milky Way to wonder at....”
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“To lovers, I devise their imaginary world, with whatever they may need, as the stars of the sky, the red, red roses by the wall, the snow of the hawthorn, the sweet strains of music, and aught else they may desire to figure to each other the lastingness and beauty of their love.”
-- Williston FishSource : "A Last Will," Harper'sWeekly, 3 Sept. 1898
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Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co
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Source : A.C. Grayling (2012). “Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness”, p.12, Oberon Books
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“You must have a dragon hidden inside you. When you need, you let the dragon out.”
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“If you are serious, don't play with my heart, it makes me furious.”
Source : Song: Tell It Like It is, Album: The Very Best of Aaron Neville, 2006
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Source : Source: collider.com
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