15 Quotes by Adam Lindsay Gordon

I would that with sleepy, soft embraces The sea would fold mewould find me rest In luminous shades of her secret places, In depths where her marvels are manifest; So the earth beneath her should not discover My hidden couchnor the heaven above her As a strong love shielding a weary lover, I would have her shield me with shining breast.

Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone. Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own.

There comes a point in your life when you realize: Who matters, Who never did, Who won’t anymore, And who always will. So, don’t worry about people from your past, there’s a reason why they didn’t make it to your future.

Don’t worry about people from your past there’s a reason why they didn’t make it to your future.

Life is mostly froth and bubble.

For good undone, and gifts misspent, and resolutions vain.