Quotes About Transition

I sigh that kiss you, For I must own That I shall miss you When you have grown.

Here are copies of verses you said you liked. I do not think I could ever write or paint any more. I prepare myself for a cycle of other activities in some other life. I will make rigid my roots and branches. It is not now my turn to burst into leaves and flowers.

I sometimes think since I've retired, sitting in the shade here and feeling the winds shift, I must have been filled with a child dread you could catch somebody's dying if you got too close. And you can't be too sure.

The most important thing to remember is this: to be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.

The crack in the tea-cup opens A lane to the land of the dead.

I was just about half-way through my sixth year, when one morning at breakfast we children were informed to our utter dismay that we could no longer be permitted to run absolutely wild

In the coppice, leaves were quietly and majestically floating earthwards in the pomp of death.

Growing up is a ritual, more deadly than religion, more complicated than baseball, for there seem to be no rules. Everything is experienced for the first time.

the dead are not separate from the living each has one foot in the unknown and cannot speak for the other

I am an abyss that I am trying to cross.

O nobly-born, listen on distractedly. On the Second Day [of death] the pure form of water will shine as a white light.

It's really something for people who are approaching 30 to take a look at what that means to them. I think turning 30 is a chance to re-identify with yourself.

I got into politics a little bit by chance, as a person from the first generation of the Solidarity movement.

Times go by turns, and chances change by course, from foul to fair, from better hap to worse.

I feel it's the best thing that could have happened for me, leaving the Braves so I could go to another team that would give me more of a chance to play like with the Marlins.

Simon Jones was so important and is going to be a big loss. It is a chance for someone like James Anderson to step up to the mark

I'm still the same guy. My name is still Greyson Chance from Oklahoma. I grow much taller. But nothing really changes.

When you just arrive in L.A., you are in a great position, as you are fresh meat, and people will meet you and give you a chance.

From my point of view, it is better to take the chance, having had nine jobs in 10 years, to recharge my batteries

Every day we're given chances to embrace the new.

Life is about changes and opportunities. We don't always get a perfect picture.

It's the first day of spring. That means this weekend I'll take down my Christmas lights.

After a Christmas comes a Lent.

Starting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas.