Falling

Famous quotes containing the word falling:

“One falling leaf may herald the coming of autumn.”
—Chinese proverb.

“It comes in, falling to its knees
but we can’t translate the language.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“Freedom is the essence of this faith. It has for its object simply to make men good and wise. Its institutions then should be as flexible as the wants of men. That form out of which the life and suitableness have departed should be as worthless in its eyes as the dead leaves that are falling around us.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)