"Its visits, like those of angels, short, and far between."

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Source : Hugh Blair, Robert Blair (1837). “Advice to Youth: Containing a Compendium of the Duties of Human Life, in Youth and Manhood”, p.90

Robert Blair

“Thanks to the Japanese and Geronimo, John Wayne became a millionaire.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“What would people look like if we could see them as they are, soaked in honey, stung and swollen, reckless, pinned against time?”
“A society that devours its own young deserves no automatic or unquestioning allegiance.”

Source : Pat Barker (1996). “The Regeneration Trilogy”, Gardners Books
“Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous.”
“You have to be insane to direct.”
“I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about your books than you do!”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“Around the corner I have a friend, in this great city that has no end.”

Source : Charles Hanson Towne (1919). “A World of Windows: And Other Poems”
“Writers need each other.”

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