"My heart was beating like an army on the march."

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Iris Murdoch

#Heart Quotes #Army Quotes #March Quotes

“What must be the knowledge of Him, from whom all created minds have derived both their power of knowledge, and the innumerable objects of their knowledge! What must be the wisdom of Him, from whom all things derive their wisdom!”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert (p. 275), 1895.
“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.”
“Whatever you love most, you fear you might lose, you know it can change. Why do you look from left to right when you cross the street? Because you donâ€™t want to get run over. But, you still cross the street.”
“Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.”
“It's really American to avoid paying taxes, legally.”

Source : "Lindsey Graham: 'It’s Really American' To Avoid Taxes Like Mitt Romney Does" by Michael McAuliff, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 10, 2012.
“When she left me I stood out in the thunderstorm, hoping to be destroyed by lightning. It missed, first left, then right.”

Source : Jim Harrison, Ted Kooser (2013). “Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry”, p.29, Copper Canyon Press
“When I sit near the ocean in the morning and write my verses and breathe the salty wind which is coming from the water, I rejoice in God and I am blissful, as I was as a child.”
“Books are personal, passionate. They stir emotions and spark thoughts in a manner all their own, and I'm convinced that the shattered world has less hope for repair if reading becomes an ever smaller part of it.”

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