"I had never seen a woman in such despair before. It was worse than death, it was a constant longing for death and a constant rejection of life. She lived like darkness in her own day."

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Source : Philippa Gregory (2004). “The Queen's Fool: A Novel”, p.337, Simon and Schuster

Philippa Gregory

#Rejection Quotes #Darkness Quotes #Despair Quotes

“Jimi Hendrix played loud and free, Sergeant Pepper was real to me.”

Source : Song: Post World War Two Blues, Album: Past, Present and Future, 1973
“We tend to value military heroes and Schwarzenegger types who are physically courageous. The heroics of doing the right thing every day even when it is dull and inconvenient are undervalued.”
“There is no man but for his own interest hath an obligation to be honest. There may be sometimes temptations to be otherwise; but, all cards cast up, he shall find it the greatest ease, the highest profit, the best pleasure, the most safety, and the noblest fame, to hold the horns of this altar, which, in all assays, can in himself protect him.”
“There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.”

Source : Novalis (1995). “Novalis and the poets of pessimism: with an English translation by James Thomson ("B.V.") of Hymns to night”
“Do not underestimate the power of an enemy, no matter how great or small, to rise against you another day.”
“We tend to think of the Faustian man, the one who fabricates, manipulates, seduces and ends up destroying. But the new image will be man the creator, the artist, the player.”
“I do try and curb my mouth, but I find it really hard. I wonder how many jobs I've talked myself out of!”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The agony of martyrdom is almost too much to bear. In the early hours, when the loss is fresh, there is no comfort in knowing Glory will live on. We speak of the martyrs in History but we cannot know the actual pain they suffered in their final living hours. They enter the realm of the mythic, but we must never forget these were men like ourselves. When their flesh is torn, they cry out. They suffer as you or I would suffer, although more bravely. Remember Christ. Although I am now an enemy to Joseph's legacy, I shudder when recalling his pain.”

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