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Quotes About May

It was now May of 1520; Cortés had been in Tenochtitlán since November, and he had only succeeded in trapping himself.
~ Unknown
From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified.
~ Gloria Steinem
May is, Airs wreathe (times) : and they mirror: plus Silence supports my pretension . . the parts Ascend a tone, repeating, (tin ears) thus (Listen) move past Jesus ratted in starch; My contention . . that the slight disregards My costs: Recorders: Fa - as what wind blew Tossed coins in herrings heads, what journey thru Mi et Mi Fa . . tota Musica, dearth Such as voice courting voice has such value Labor light lights in air, in earth, on earth
~ Louis Zukofsky
May the Irish hills caress you, may her lakes and rivers bless you, may the luck of the Irish enfold you, may the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you."
~ Unknown
being a crone did not stop her enjoying the sight and smell of may in the hedgerows, though the sight was a little blurred.
~ Diana Wynne Jones
Good communication may not make a risky deal safe, but poor communication may sell benefits of a good deal.
~ Dianna Booher
But then, six months ago, my dad hauled me with him to this shaddy town in Alaska. Seward Peninsula, just below Arctic Circle? And then, middle of May—we flew to Fairbanks on a prop plane, and then we came here.
~ Donna Tartt
Little houses, bigger ones, scrolled and capacious porches, dark windows, leaves of trees already rich with May, homes of rooms which chambered sleep as honey is cherished, drifted past their slow walking and were left behind, and not a light in any home.
~ James Agee
Events moved with breathtaking speed in May, when John Knox
~ John Guy
The silvery tears of April? Youth of May? Or June that breathes out life for butterflies?
~ John Keats
It is mid-May. Sunlight brightens the ground in glancing, shifting shapes; Agnes notices, despite everything, because she cannot not notice such things, what is flowering along the verges. Valerian, campion, dog rose, wood sorrel, wild garlic
~ Maggie O'Farrell
Celestial light, shine inward...that I may see and tell of things invisible to mortal sight
~ John Milton
May you walk a lighted path. May you fight for truth - your truth, not someone else's - and may you understand, above all things, that you are the most important concept, theory, and philosophy I have ever known.
~ Marisha Pessl
His family will obey his request to bequeath May, as long as we continue to adhere to my promise to Charles that we never contact them in any way.
~ Megan Chance
I love you, too." But this hopeful farewell does little to bring peace of mind, even now. Loving you has never been the problem. What's troubling me is how loving you may never be enough.
~ Megan McCafferty
U zult ongetwijfeld het verhaal hebben gehoord over de dood van de Maagd van Orléans... Ik weet wat er die dag is gebeurd, de laatste dag van mei in het jaar onzes Heren 1431 in Rouen. Ik was erbij.
~ Michael Scott
You have sat here too long for any good you may be doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you! In the name of God, go!
~ Unknown
Some primal termite knocked on wood; and tasted it, and found it good. That is why your Cousin May fell through the parlor floor today.
~ Ogden Nash
May 11, 12, and 13 are the feast days of Saints Mamertus, Pancras, and Gervais (or Gervatius). These three are known as the Three Chilly Saints not because they were cold during their lifetimes, but because these days are traditionally the coldest of the month.
~ Old Farmer's Almanac
At the present rate of attrition, Haig delighted in informing the prime minister, 'the enemy's man power will be running out next May or June at the latest'.
~ Unknown
A Golden Day I Found you and I lost you, All on a gleaming day. The day was filled with sunshine, And the land was full of May. A golden bird was singing Its melody divine, I found you and I loved you, And all the world was mine. I found you and I lost you, All on a golden day, But when I dream of you, dear, It is always brimming May.
~ Paul Laurence Dunbar
Leon Hubbard died ten minutes into lunch break on the first Monday in May, on the construction site of the new one-storey trauma wing at Holy Redeemer Hospital in South Philadelphia. One way or the other, he was going to lose the job.
~ Unknown
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
~ Job 3:5