"The fountain of my heart dried up within me,-- With nought that loved me, and with nought to love, I stood upon the desert earth alone. And in that deep and utter agony, Though then, then even most unfit to die I fell upon my knees and prayed for death."

-- Charles Robert Maturin

#Heart Quotes #Agony Quotes #Desert Quotes

“At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.”

Source : Phil Donahue (1979). “My own story, Donahue”
“Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.”

Source : Cesare Pavese, Alma Elizabeth Murch (1961). “This Business of Living”, p.112, Transaction Publishers
“I studied German at school. I lived in Berlin for two years and had a German girlfriend for five years, so I don't find speaking German particularly difficult. Singing was slightly more difficult.”
“Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.”
“The relation of color and the relation of proportion are both based on the relation of position.”
“I've always had a tomboy look.”
“You shouldn't own common stocks if a 50 per cent decrease in their value in a short period of time would cause you acute distress.”
“The ancient feud between cat and dog is not forgotten in the north, for the Lynx is the deadly foe of the Fox and habitually kills it when there is soft snow and scarcity of easier prey.”

Source : Ernest Thompson Seton (2010). “The Arctic Prairies: A Canoe Journey”, p.64, BoD – Books on Demand

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