Velichko Todorov Quotes & Sayings

The past is as powerless to darken the present moment as is a shadow to reach up and drag down the form that casts it. — Guy Finley

We have not long to love.
Light does not stay.
The tender things are those
we fold away.
Coarse fabrics are the ones
for common wear.
In silence I have watched you
comb your hair.
Intimate the silence,
dim and warm.
I could but did not, reach
to touch your arm.
I could, but do not, break
that which is still.
(Almost the faintest whisper
would be shrill.)
So moments pass as though
they wished to stay.
We have not long to love.
A night. A day ... — Tennessee Williams

Art is something absolute, something positive, which gives power just as food gives power. While creative science is a mental food, art is the satisfaction of the soul. — Hans Hofmann

Everyone else
has gone away.
And now coming back home
isn't really coming back home at all. — Jacqueline Woodson

People are so helpful. People will stop what they're doing to show you something, to walk with you through a section of the town, or explain how a suspension bridge really works. — David McCullough

She laughed and said how silly we were to not accept life for what it was, difficult. — Pepper Phillips