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The Most Beautiful Things

“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.”

– John Steinbeck

A peacock at Flannery O’Connor’s childhood home, Andalusia in Milledgeville, GA.
Format QuotePosted on September 23, 2012September 27, 2012Categories Authors, QuotesTags flannery o'connor, John Steinbeck, lilies, peacocks, quotesLeave a comment on The Most Beautiful Things

Baudelaire: Your New Weekend Wingman

“It is time to be drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of time, be drunk, be continually drunk! On wine, on poetry or on virtue as you wish.” – Charles Baudelaire

Dashing fellow, isn’t he?
Format QuotePosted on June 15, 2012June 17, 2012Categories Life, Poetry, Quotes, WritingTags Charles Baudelaire, drunk, literature, quotes, writingLeave a comment on Baudelaire: Your New Weekend Wingman
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