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A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten.

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A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked out of a can and swallow them down whole, absent-mindedly and with little relish.

And none will hear the postman's knock Withou

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And none will hear the postman's knock
Without a quickening of the heart.
For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, an

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The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

We would rather be ruined than changed; We wo

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We would rather be ruined than changed;
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.

A professor is one who talks in someone else's sl

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A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.

Dance till the stars come down from the rafters

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Dance till the stars come down from the rafters
Dance, Dance, Dance till you drop.

Man is a history-making creature who can neither

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Man is a history-making creature who can neither repeat his past nor leave it behind.

Dance till the stars come down from the rafters

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Dance till the stars come down from the rafters
Dance, Dance, Dance till you drop.

A professor is one who talks in someone else's sl

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A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.

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