"But dreams full oft are found of real events The form and shadows."

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Source : Joanna Baillie (1821). “The election. Ethwald. The second marriage”, p.153

Joanna Baillie

#Dream Quotes #Real Quotes #Shadow Quotes

“If language was given to men to conceal their thoughts, then gesture's purpose was to disclose them.”
“Every man as well as every day has its lights and shades.”
“Of course we fight. What sisters don't battle?”
“I wanted to be a nobleman; I bought a name and a title... Oh, nothing is impossible with five million a year.”
“I want to stay with dancing, because that's what I want to do the rest of my life. I want to be in film and be acting and maybe even modeling a little bit.”

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“I paint very directly. I go from top to bottom. When I get to the floor, the painting is finished.”
“Oh, God, if I were sure I were to die tonight I would repent at once. It is the commonest prayer in all languages.”
“Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand.”

Source : Flann O'Brien (2007). “The Complete Novels”, Everyman's Library

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