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I sing of little loves that glow
Like tapers shining through the rain.
Of little loves that break themselves
Like moths against the window-pane.

— Aline Murray Kilmer

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More quotes by Aline Murray Kilmer

Deborah danced, when she was two,
As buttercups and daffodils do;
Spirited, frail, naïvely bold,
Her hair a ruffled crest of gold.

For life seems only a shuddering breath,
A smothered, desperate cry,
And things have a terrible permanence
When people die.

When people inquire I always just state:
"I have four nice children and hope to have eight."

If I live till my fighting days are done
I must fasten my armour on my eldest son.

I’m sorry you are wiser,
I’m sorry you are taller;
I liked you better foolish,
And I liked you better smaller.

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