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Decay Quotes (page 5)

To suggest personal will and effort to one all sicklied o'er with the sense of irremediable impotence is to suggest the most impossible of things. What he craves is to be consoled in his very powerlessness, to feel that the spirit of the universe recognizes and secures him, all decaying and failing as he is. William James
Hopeless of the future, I wished but this- that my Maker had that night thought good to require my soul of me while I slept; and that this weary frame, absolved by death from further conflict with fate, had now but to decay quietly, and mingle in peace with the soil of this wilderness. Charlotte Bronte
Sum up at night what thou hast done by day. And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dress and undress thy soul. MArk the decay and growth of it. George Herbert
Oliver Goldsmith quote: "Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey/Where wealth..."
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey/Where wealth accumulates and men decay Oliver Goldsmith
Yukio Mishima quote: "of all the kinds of decay in this world, decadent purity is..."
...of all the kinds of decay in this world, decadent purity is the most malignant. Yukio Mishima
In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I feel about Photoshop the way some people feel about abortion. It is appalling and a tragic reflection on the moral decay of our society…unless I need it, in which case, everybody be cool. Tina Fey
The world's decay where the wind's hands have passed, And my head, worn out with love, at rest In my hands, and my hands full of dust. Ted Hughes
Robinson Jeffers quote: "You making haste haste on decay..."
You making haste haste on decay... Robinson Jeffers
And on the pedestal these words appear:'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'Nothing beside remains. Round the decay. Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare. The lone and level sands stretch far away. Percy Bysshe Shelley
Tribe follows tribe, andnation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order ofnature, and regret is useless. Your time of decay may be distant, butit will surely come, for even the White Man ... cannot be exempt from the common destiny. Chief Seattle
A message came from my youth of vanished days, saying, 'I wait for you among the quivering of unborn May, where smiles ripen for tears and hours ache with songs unsung.' It says, 'Come to me across the worn-out track of age, through the gates of death. For dreams fade, hopes fail, the fathered fruits of the year decay, but I am the eternal truth, and you shall meet me again and again in your voyage of life from shore to shore. Rabindranath Tagore
Graham Greene quote: "The world was in her heart already, like the small spot of..."
The world was in her heart already, like the small spot of decay in a fruit. Graham Greene
Way far back in the beginning of the world was the whirlwind warning that we could all be blown away like chips and cry- Men with tired eyes realize it now, and wait to deform and decay- with maybe they have the power of love yet in their hearts just the same, I just don't know what that word means anymore- All I want is an ice cream cone Jack Kerouac
Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope, and happiness out of the air around them. Even Muggles feel their presence, though they can’t see them. Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. If it can, the Dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself — soul-less and evil. You’ll be left with... J. K. Rowling

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