"He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence."

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Source : William Dean Howells (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of William Dean Howells (Illustrated)”, p.9147, Delphi Classics

William Dean Howells

#Inspirational Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Silence Quotes

“There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing... I am a recording instrument... I do not presume to impose â€œstoryâ€ â€œplotâ€ â€œcontinuityâ€... Insofar as I succeed in Direct recording of certain areas of psychic process I may have limited function... I am not an entertainer...”
“My voice has gotten me everything in my life, not my hair.”
“Protecting dozens of major coastal cities from future flooding will be challenging enough-rebuilding major coastal cities destroyed by super-hurricanes will be an almost impossible task.”

Source : Joseph J. Romm (2007). “Hell and high water: global warming - the solution and the politics - and what we should do”, William Morrow & Co
“You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.”
“Buying land is not like buying antique. It is not the only deal available.”
“I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you've put up your hair without looking.”
“A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.”

Source : Die Kirche (translated by Ray and Rosalee Ockenden as The Church, 1967).
“You will be interested to hear, Hilary, that it [the drug] had a most remarkable effect â€” even on Selena after a very modest quantity. She cast off all conventional restraints and devoted herself without shame to the pleasure of the moment." I asked for particulars of this uncharacteristic conduct. "She took from her handbag a paperback edition of Pride and Prejudice and sat on the sofa reading it, declining all offers of conversation.”

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