"A broken heart is never a tragedy. Only untimely death is a tragedy."

--

Angela Carter

#Heart Quotes #Broken Quotes #Tragedy Quotes

“Art must take to the road and risk all for the glory of adventure.”
“I'm delighted. I don't know of anybody who had a statue built of them while they were living. It's a great feeling.”
“Neither woman nor man lives by work, or love, alone ... The human self defines itself and grows through love and work: All psychology before and after Freud boils down to that.”
“God can use a sensitive Christian to be a rich blessing in the life of one who knows pain and sorrow.”
“Lingering is so very lonely when one lingers all alone.”

Source : Mervyn Peake (2007). “Titus Groan”, p.118, The Overlook Press
“When I was in my 20s, I was a bookworm - spent 12 hours of the day in the library. How I met George, I'll never know.”
“Work won't do me any good ... I've tried it, and it bored me worse than the other thing.”

Source : Samuel Hopkins Adams (1917). “Our Square and the People in it”
“One cannot hire a hand; the whole man always comes with it.”

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