"To tell the truth, the chariot was an astonishing sight to behold, because I had polished the steel of my flying house so carefully that it reflected the sunlight on all sides. It was so bright and dazzling that I thought, myself, that I had been carried away in a chariot of fire."

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Source : "The Other World: Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon". Book by Cyrano de Bergerac, 1657.

Cyrano de Bergerac

#Fire Quotes #Sight Quotes #House Quotes

“You're never happy when you don't get a victory.”

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“To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.”
“I've always loved movies about con men. I think con men are as American as apple pie.”

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“To abandon a comfortable lifestyle that isn't deeply fulfilling is to abandon nothing.”
“We have to get out of here, Bram. Before they take our bollocks and use them for pincushions.”
“Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in good stead under every variety of circumstances and be a source of happiness and a cheerfulness to me during life and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.”

Source : John Herschel (2014). “Essays from the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews”, p.12, Cambridge University Press
“Heaven is not like flying or swimming, but has something to do with blackness and a strong glare.”

Source : Elizabeth Bishop (2015). “Poems”, p.41, Macmillan
“I think you balance the things you've been dying to do all your life. And the opportunities that come along, that you didn't maybe think of, that are so amazing, that you'd kick yourself if you didn't try to be a part of them.”

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