"They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more."

Grave, Light, Night

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"They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more."

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"You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave."

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"We knew we were talking about spies. I knew he knew I knew. I was digging my own grave."

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Thomas Browne, British Scientist

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"I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave."

Wallis Simpson, American Royalty

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"To say what you feel is to dig your own grave."

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"He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him."

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"Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull."

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"I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave."

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"We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?"

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"If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love."

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"Ada: And why life? (Pause.) Why life, Henry? (Pause.) Is there anyone about?Henry: Not a living soul.Ada: I thought as much. (Pause.) When we longed to have it to ourselves there was always someone. Now that it does not matter the place is deserted."

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"In order to be company he must display a certain mental activity. But it need not be of a high order. Indeed it might be argued the lower the better. Up to a point. The lower the order of mental activity the better the company. Up to a point."

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"Incontinent the void. The zenith. Evening again. When not night it will be evening. Death again of deathless day. On one hand embers. On the other ashes. Day without end won and lost. Unseen."

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"I asked her to look at me and after a few moments - (pause) - after a few moments she did, but the eyes just slits, because of the glare I bent over her to get them in the shadow and they opened. (Pause. Low) Let me in."

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"You are on your back at the foot of an aspen. In its trembling shade. She at right angles propped on her elbows head between her hands. Your eyes opened and closed have looked in hers looking in yours. In your dark you look in them again. Still. You feel on your face the fringe of her long black hair stirring in the still air. Within the tent of hair your faces are hidden from view. She murmurs, Listen to the leaves. Eyes in each other's eyes you listen to the leaves. In their trembling shade."

Mindfulness

"I happened to look up and there it was. All over and done with, at last. I sat on for a few moments with the ball in my hand and the dog yelping and pawing at me. (Pause.) Moments. Her moments, my moments (Pause.) The dog's moments."

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