A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces,
An airline ticket to romantic places;
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things
Remind me of you.

Holt Marvell

These Foolish Things Remind Me of You

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Being in love Memories

Speaker

Holt Marvell

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These Foolish Things Remind Me of You

Medium

Song

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Maschwitz, Eric (published as Holt Marvell). "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You." Composed by Jack Strachey. Boosey & Hawkes, 1935.

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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Albert Einstein

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Topic
Life Bicycles Momentum Idleness

Author

Albert Einstein
Source
Letters of Albert Einstein
Medium
Letter
Language
German
Time
1930 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Einstein, Albert. "Letter to his son Eduard." Quoted in Einstein: His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster, 2007. Originally from Letter to his Son Eduard, 5 Feb. 1930.

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His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or reverie, he had heard their tale before.

James Joyce

The Egoist

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Topic
Being in love Memory

Author

James Joyce
Source
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The Egoist
Medium
Novel Magazine
Genre
Modernist literature
Language
English
Time
1915 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man." The Egoist. 2 Feb. 1914 - 1 Sept. 1915. Serial.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, edited by John Paul Riquelme. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, ch. 2.