"I am mistaken if a single epigram included fails to preserve at least some faint thrill of the emotion through which it had to pass before the Muse's lips let it fall, with however exquisite deliberation."

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Source : "The Oxford Book of English Verse". Book edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch, Introduction, 1900.

Arthur Quiller-Couch

#Fall Quotes #Thrill Quotes #Lips Quotes

“Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.”
“I can't help but always be thinking about ideas.”

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“Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.”
“What kind of Christian are you? Did you ever lose a job, or lose a night's sleep, or lose a friend for God? If your Christianity never costs you a dollar, never cost you a friend, never cost any tears or broken heart, then can you really say that you love the Lord very much? To be a really good Christian is going to cost you.”
“The sentimentality of baseball is very deeply rooted in the American baseball fan. It is the one sport that is transmitted from fathers to sons.”
“You know, I have the best parents in the world and I got really, really lucky because they think that everything I do is Oscar-worthy.”
“The love of her life dissolved into dreams.”
“Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies.”

Source : "The Quotable Mom". Book edited by Kate Rowinski, 2004.

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