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When I write, it is always the melody that comes first, and it just happens to be the case that the most beautiful tunes are sad, and the lyrics follow the mood of the melody.


Francoise Hardy

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OLIVER HARDY I’ll never let go of you again,” she whispered. “I swear it.
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DIANNA HARDY This was a practical application of the principle that a half-feigned and fictitious faith is better...
THOMAS HARDY We learn that it is not the rays which bodies absorb, but those which they reject, that give them th...
THOMAS HARDY The rarest offerings of the purest loves are but a self-indulgence, and no generosity at all.
THOMAS HARDY Silence has sometimes a remarkable power of showing itself as the disembodied soul of feeling wander...
THOMAS HARDY Human shapes, interferences, troubles, and joys were all as if they were not, and there seemed to be...
THOMAS HARDY It took Pueblo a few seconds to take in his surroundings. The first thing he realised was that he fe...
DIANNA HARDY He was moderately truthful towards men, but to women lied like a Cretan-a system of ethics above all...
THOMAS HARDY Small, Smart Choices + Consistency + Time = RADICAL DIFFERENCE
DARREN HARDY Right now, people are really tense because all the rivers in California are bursting at the seams.
CHARLES HARDY