"There's a joy without canker or cark, There's a pleasure eternally new, 'T is to gloat on the glaze and the mark Of china that's ancient and blue."

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Source : Andrew Lang (2015). “Ballads in Blue China”, p.35, Library of Alexandria

#Blue Quotes #Joy Quotes #Ancient Quotes

“It's hard to give a career like this up, when I tell my wife I'm going to the office, and it's the beach.”
“To be converted to faith in Jesus Christ is to return to the worship of the true God, and to dethrone all rivals to his authority.”
“lack of will power leads to more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.”
“Americans deserve both clean air and clean water and never one at the expense of the other.”
“It interests me to imagine characters shifting from one situation and one location to another for whatever the circumstances may be.”
“He wanted to think of words that would make some difference but there were none in any language he knew that were sufficient to the moment or that would change a single thing.”

Source : FaceBook post by Kent Haruf from Dec 18, 2016
“Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long.”
“In all human affairs, the wisest course is to be passionate about the role of reason and reasonable about the role of passion.”

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