Never such innocence, Never before or since, As changed itself to past Without a word--the men Leaving the gardens tidy, The thousands of marriages Lasting a little while longer: Never such innocence again.
Philip LarkinRead
This is the first thing I have understood:_x000D_ Time is the echo of an axe within a wood.
Interpretation
Time reflects the impact of our actions, much like the sound of an axe in a forest.
This quote by Philip Larkin suggests that time serves as a reminder of the actions we take and their consequences, akin to the reverberations created by an axe chopping wood. It emphasizes how our deeds resonate through time, shaping our experiences and memories, much as the echo of the axe can be heard long after the strike.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of each moment, you might say, 'Time is the echo of an axe within a wood, reminding us that our actions have lasting impacts.'
Never such innocence, Never before or since, As changed itself to past Without a word--the men Leaving the gardens tidy, The thousands of marriages Lasting a little while longer: Never such innocence again.
Uncontradicting solitude Supports me on its giant palm; And like a sea-anemone Or simple snail, there cautiously Unfolds, emerges, what I am.
Saki says that youth is like hors d'oeuvres: you are so busy thinking of the next courses you don't notice it. When you've had them, you wish you'd had more hors d'oeuvres.
Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up.
Originality is being different from oneself, not others.
I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poems: It's like going round explaining how you sleep with your wife.
True beauty is not related to what color your hair is or what color your eyes are. True beauty is about who you are as a human being, your principles, your moral compass.
One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.
All true stories begin and end in a cemetery" - The Shadow of the Wind
I was a man of the earth, precisely as I had dreamed I would be.
If it's fiction, then it better be true.
In Kabul, hot running water had been like fathers, a rare commodity.
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