The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
Horace Walpole (via divine-despair)
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And of course stability isn’t nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (via jurer)
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JAMES TAYLOR - Fire and Rain
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The Theme Is Elements
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
G. K. Chesterton (via literature-art)
