"Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time."

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Source : Edwin Percy Whipple (1871). “Literature and Life”, p.38

Edwin Percy Whipple

#Book Quotes #Sea Quotes #Lighthouse Quotes

“I want to be a guy, but I want to wear a lot of makeup.”
“I don't have the support inside Washington or even inside my own party.”
“Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.”
“Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.”
“In a Photoshopped world, only the skeptical eye prevails.”
“Every virtue is a form of obedience to God. Every evil word or act is a form of rebellion against Him. This may not be clear at first; but, if we think patiently, we shall find that it is true. Why were you angry? You will probably find that it w as because you were not willing to accept the world as God has made it, or because you were not willing to leave it to God to deal with the people that He has made.”
“Women will sometimes confess their sins, but I never knew one to confess her faults.”
“It's really hard to even talk about the internet without seeming instantly corny.”

Source : "Vampire Weekend" by Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. May 7, 2013.

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