Celia Thaxter (Celia Laighton Thaxter) Quotes
Last week, when I went early into my garden, a rose-breasted grosbeak was sitting on the fence. Oh, he was beautiful as a flower. I hardly dared to breathe, I did not stir, and we gazed at each other fully five minutes before he concluded to move.
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I live for myself and answer to nobody.
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You can't undo the past... but you can certainly not repeat it.
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In the absence of love, we began slowly but surely to fall apart.
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Last week, when I went early into my garden, a rose-breasted grosbeak was sitting on the fence. Oh, he was beautiful as a flower. I hardly dared to breathe, I did not stir, and we gazed at each other fully five minutes before he concluded to move.
