"The chorus-ending from Aristophanes, raised every night from every ditch that drains into the Mediterranean, hoarse and primeval as the raven's croak, is one of the grandest tunes to walk by. Or on a night in May, one can walk through the too rare Italian forests for an hour on end and never be out of hearing of the nightingale's song."

-- G. M. Trevelyan

#Song Quotes #Italian Quotes #Night Quotes

“From the east comes the sun, bringing a new and unspoiled day.”
“There is little in the architecture of a city that is more beautifully designed than a tree.”
“The great power the president has is that he is the most prominent person in the biggest media event on the planet. He has the attention of the nation and the world. When he speaks, everybody listens.”
“My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“A people's literature is the great text-book for real knowledge of them.”

Source : Edith Hamilton (1957). “The Roman Way to Western Civilization”
“I believe that a perfect house is like a perfect person; no one really wants to be around them and everyone secretly hates them. Be the weird person. Be the interesting person, the person that sometimes says inappropriate things or laughs too loud at jokes, and have your home reflect who you are.”
“It's as if when you love someone, they become your reason. And maybe I've gotten it backward, maybe it's just because I need a reason that I find myself falling in love with her. But I don't think that's it. I think I would have continued along, oblivious, if I hadn't happened to meet her.”
“I'm a nerd; I enjoy educating myself and learning things.”

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