9 Quotes Tagged: days

If a man has a great deal to put in them, a day will have a hundred pockets.

Before me lies a mass of shapeless days,
Unseparated atoms, and I must
Sort them apart and live them. Sifted dust
Covers the formless heap. Reprieves, delays,
There are none, ever. As a monk who prays
The sliding beads asunder, so I thrust
Each tasteless particle aside, and just
Begin again the task which never stays.
And I have known a glory of great suns,
When days flashed by, pulsing with joy and fire!
Drunk bubbled wine in goblets of desire,
And felt the whipped blood laughing as it runs!
Spilt is that liquor, my too hasty hand
Threw down the cup, and did not understand.

That beautiful day passed just as the saddest ones do, since the most radiant of days has a tomorrow.

I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.

The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.

If we could be mindful of how short our time is, we might learn how precious each day is.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle..the nights i can't remember..the mornings i slept thru..all the time spent running from myself.

I, the half-mad mourner of buried days,