"a single word even may be a spark of inextinguishable thought"

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Source : 'A Defence of Poetry' (written 1821; published 1840)

Percy Bysshe Shelley

#Sparks Quotes #May Quotes #Single Word Quotes

“As we hang beneath the heavens, and we hover over hell, our hearts become the instruments we learn to play so well.”
“The health of a nation, a society, can be determined by the art it demands. We have insisted of television and our movies that they not have anything to do with anything, that they be our never-never land; and if we demand this same function of our live theatre, what will be left of the visual-auditory arts - save the dance (in which nobody talks) and music (to which nobody listens)?”
“I'm not a stereotypical professor type. I don't smoke a pipe and wear a tweedy jacket. I'm more like a student who stayed at the university for so long that they gave him a job to keep him out of trouble.”
“They try to engage the world as much as they can and we will continue until they leave our land.”
“Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.”
“Life is precious and there's not a lot of room for anger.”
“Sometimes we make decisions about our life and they feel like the right decision at the time. No, they are the right decision at the time. But that doesn't mean they'll be the right decision forever.”

Source : Carolyn Mackler (2011). “Vegan Virgin Valentine”, p.135, Candlewick Press
“When you have made a catalogue of your friend's faults it is only fair to supply him with a duplicate, so that he may know yours.”

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