"How slender is the accommodation which nature has provided for man."

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Source : Charles Brockden Brown (2012). “Edgar Huntly, or, Memoirs of a Sleepwalker”, p.207, Simon and Schuster

Charles Brockden Brown

#Men Quotes #Slender Quotes #Accommodations Quotes

“I've always said that Watership Down is not a book for children. I say: it's a book, and anyone who wants to read it can read it.”
“Not every book is for every reader.”

Source : Meg Waite Clayton (2008). “The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel”, p.99, Ballantine Books
“I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.”
“False ideals cannot be shattered by criticism. Right ideals must take up the battle against them.”

Source : Franz Werfel (2017). “Between Heaven and Earth”, p.61, Pickle Partners Publishing
“One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense over sensitiveness which makes all the primary emotions somewhat disgusting.”
“Practice in life whatever you pray for and God will give it to you more abundantly.”
“The artist who really loves people loves them so well the way they are he sees no need to disguise their characteristics-he loves them whole, without retouching. Yet the word used for this unqualifying affection is 'cynicism'.”

Source : Dawn Powell (1998). “The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965”, Zoland Books
“A good plan will therefore include alternative actions, the choice between them being left open until the passage of time indicates which is feasible and which is not.”

Source : Carl Eckart (1984). “Our Modern Idol, Mathematical Science”

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