"Every author has the whole past to contend with; all the centuries are upon him. He is compared with Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton."

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#Writing Quotes #Past Quotes #Century Quotes

“The primary truth that any government will be able to stand on is that God is King, not man. The Lord created this world for His purpose, and only those who are aligned with His purpose will have the authority that can stand any pressures of the times we are entering. We can build our lives on this kingdom and nothing that happens will shake us.”
“Books do pretend ...but squeezed in between is even more that is trueâ€”without what you may call the lies, the pages would be too light for the truth, you see?”
“It's a jagged thing in my throat, how much I miss her.”
“His momma said, Donovan why are you, on the corner of linden and guy R. Brewer?”

Source : Song: Queens, Album: Internal Affairs
“Once the impact of climate change becomes visible, politics will react quickly and forcefully. We saw that in Germany in 2002 during the floods on the Elbe River. They, in fact, determined the result of the (general) elections (later that same year).”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“I've never been a great cook.”
“A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.”

Source : Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). “Insecurity of Freedom”, p.72, Macmillan
“I have to be stretched in some way. There's not enough things that come my way that I fancy.”

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