What was the freedom to which the adult human being rose in the morning, if each act was held back or inspired by the overpowering ghost of a little child?
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Delmore Schwartz
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In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories
Last and Lost Poems
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Time is the school in which we learn,Time is the fire in which we burn.
Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love.
Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn.
No," said Jacob, "I don't mean to say that this life is just a party, any kind of party. It is a wedding, the most important kind of party, full of joy, fear, hope, and ignorance. And at this party there are enough places and parts for everyone, and if no one can play every part, yet everyone can come to the party, everyone can come to the wedding feast, and anyone who does not know that he is at a wedding feast just does not see what is in front of him. He might as well be dead if he does not know that the world is a wedding.