"Some gifted adventurer is always sailing round the world of art and science, to bring home costly merchandise from every port."

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Source : Robert Aris Willmott (1907). “Pleasures of Literature”

Robert Aris Willmott

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“I really appreciate it when people say "no" to me. I want people to understand that I'm totally supportive of what it is they're trying to do as long as we're all on the same team.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“To me the greatest thing that has happened on this earth of ours is the rise of the human race to the vision of God. That story of the human rise to what I call the vision of God is the story which is told in the Bible.”
“If somebody steps on your shoes and ruins them, don't freak out.. get a new pair of shoes. If you miss something, don't freak out.. there's nothing you can do to change it.. just move on”
“All I ever wanted since I arrived here on Earth were the things that turned out to be within reach. The same things I needed as a baby - to go from cold to warm, lonely to held, the vessel to the giver, empty to full. You can change the world with a hot bath, if you sink into it from a place of knowing that you are worth profound care, even when you're dirty and rattled. Who knew?”
“Benzedrine often helps a case run.”
“Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value (eg. Pt, Ir, Os) or which increase regularly (eg. K, Ru, Cs).”
“You don't get out of life what you want. You get out of life who you are.”
“I lead a very boring life.”

Source : "'All those lines about how fabulous you are... it's rubbish'". Interview with Brian Logan, www.theguardian.com. May 17, 2001.

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