Ezra Hall Gillett famous quotes

03-27-2025

I walk up a dune to a beach and look out to sea, but it's 100km away. The ships lie askew in their dry beds, at anchor for ever. Today is my son's birthday. Thousands of miles from here, his healthy lungs are blowing out candles. I should be there but I'm here with another boy, who puts his face close to mine and laughs. I smile back but realise he can't see it, because I'm wearing an antiseptic muzzles to protect me from his breath.
Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.
I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendships, even lie, cheat, and steal, all for the gain of a book.
To line only for some unknown future is superficial.
There is a case, and a strong case, for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what immediately concerns us.
God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.
When one door opens, so does another one.
Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?
She who means no mischief does it all.
The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.

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