"...though one can be callous in Ireland one cannot be wholly opaque or material. An unearthly disturbance works in the spirit; reason can never reconcile one to life; nothing allays the wants one cannot explain."

--

Elizabeth Bowen

#Opaque Quotes #Want Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“Power invariably elects to go into the hands of the strong. That strength may be physical or of the heart or, if we do not fight shy of the word, of the spirit. Strength of the heart connotes soul-force. Let it be remembered that physical force is transitory, even as the body is transitory. But the power of spirit is permanent even as the spirit is everlasting.”
“Only a fool has no regrets and I'm not a fool.”
“If one has not given everything, one has given nothing.”
“True honour is an attachment to honest and beneficent principles, and a good reputation; and prompts a man to do good to others, and indeed to all men, at his own cost, pains, or peril. False honour is a pretence to this character, but does things that destroy it: And the abuse of honour is called honour, by those who from that good word borrow credit to act basely, rashly, or foolishly.”

Source : "Cato's Letter" No. 57, Of false Honour, publick and private, December 16, 1721.
“With relish, Thomas More thus sketches Richard's character: He was close and secret, a deep dissembler, lowly of countenance, arrogant of heart, outwardly companionable where he inwardly hated, not hesitating to kiss whom he thought to kill.”
“The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.”
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”

Source : "When Inequality Isn't" by John Mauldin, www.forbes.com. March 29, 2014.
“There's always kids who become stop motion animators. I get stuff all the time. They put it on YouTube. It's exciting to see.”

Source : "Director Henry Selick Comic-Con Interview – Talks CORALINE and Next Project". Collider Interview, collider.com. July 25, 2009.

You may also like:

Ivy Compton-Burnett
Novelist
John Banville
Novelist
Quentin Blake
Cartoonist
Rosamond Lehmann
Novelist
Rose Macaulay
Writer
Sean O Faolain
Short story writer
Victoria Glendinning
Biographer
William Trevor
Novelist
Edna O'Brien
Novelist