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James Sheridan Knowles

"The longest time that man may live, The lapse of generations of his race, The continent entire of time itself, Bears not proportion to Eternity; Huge as a fraction of a grain of dew Co-measured with the broad, unbounded ocean! There is the time of man--his proper time, Looking at which this life is but a gust, A puff of breath, that's scarcely felt ere gone!"

Source : James Sheridan Knowles (1838). “The Maid of Mariendorpt: A Play, in Five Acts”, p.107

James Sheridan Knowles

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“There are many people of cosmopolitan temperament who are not from the elites of their societies or the world; and while, for a variety of reasons, I think a cosmopolitan spirit does naturally go with city life, that's the life of a very large proportion of human beings today. And I don't think rural people can't be cosmopolitan, in my sense.”

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“The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it.”
“Music lives within thy lips Like a nightingale in roses.”

Source : Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.254
“I don't teach my children what is Hindu and what is Muslim.”
“The momentum of the mind can be vexingly, involuntarily capricious.”
“Good story' means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task...But the love of a good story, of terrific characters and a world driven by your passion, courage, and creative gifts is still not enough. Your goal must be a good story well told.”
“Dance when the moon sings, and don't cry about troubles that haven't yet come. (Moon Called)”

Source : Patricia Briggs (2006). “Moon Called”, p.106, Penguin
“Sarah Buckley is precious, because she is bilingual. She can speak the language of a mother who gave birth to her four children at home. She can also speak like a medical doctor. By intermingling the language of the heart and the scientific language she is driving the history of childbirth towards a radical and inspiring new direction.”

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