Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die
Interpretation
The quote reflects on love and loss, suggesting that love endures even beyond death.
In this quote, Nikolai Gogol uses the image of two turtle doves to symbolize a deep and enduring love that continues even after the speaker's death. The doves, known for their monogamous nature, are portrayed as mourners who guide the living to the speaker's resting place, emphasizing the notion that love transcends mortality and that the memories of lost love linger on with sorrow.
In practice
This quote could be used in a eulogy to express enduring love for the departed.
At the end of the table, the secretary was reading the decision in some case, but in such a mournful and monotonous voice, that the condemned man himself would have fallen asleep while listening to it. The judge, no doubt, would have been the first of all to do so, had he not entered into an engrossing conversation while it was going on.
You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
I here ask pardon of all my compatriots for everything of which I have been guilty towards them. I know that, by my ill-considered and immature works, I have brought distress to many and that I have even provoked others to attack me openly and, in general, have produced displeasure in many.
If you have not first pondered the entire situation of the man whom you wish to help, and if you have not brought with you instructions for him to follow henceforth in leading his life, he will not receive great good from your help.
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
I always knew that I was called to do something. I didn't know what, but I finally rationalized after I met Martin - and it took a lot of praying to discover this - that this was probably what God had called me to do: to marry him.
The greatest science in the world; in heaven and on earth; is love.
I will not wait to love as best as I can. We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love.
It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down.
and you come away with a great little story of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you
The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Maybe they always have been and will be. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other. And maybe each time, we've been forced apart for the same reasons. That means that this goodbye is both a goodbye for the past ten thousand years and a prelude to what will come.
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