"Thus I alone, where all my freedom grew, In prison pine with bondage and restraint; And with remembrance of the greater grief To banish the less, I find my chief relief."

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Source : Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (Illustrated)”, p.36, Delphi Classics

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

#Freedom Quotes #Grief Quotes #Remembrance Quotes

“Sickness disgusts us with death, and we wish to get well, which is a way of wishing to live. But weakness and suffering, with manifold bodily woes, soon discourage the invalid from trying to regain ground: he tires of those respites which are but snares, of that faltering strength, those ardors cut short, and that perpetual lying in wait for the next attack.”
“I who have been involved with all styles of painting can assure you that the only things that fluctuate are the waves of fashion which carry the snobs and speculators; the number of true connoisseurs remains more or less the same.”
“Never ignore the feelings that don't seem to make sense.”

Source : Debbie Macomber, Susan Mallery, Christina Skye (2011). “The Knitting Diaries: The Twenty-First Wish\Coming Unraveled\Return to Summer Island”, p.306, MIRA
“Fancy sleeping on air. I wonder if anyone's done it before. I don't suppose they have. Oh, botherâ€”-Scrubb probably has!”
“Sometimes superheroes are born, sometimes they are made. Sometimes they make themselves. Sometimes all it takes is will.”

Source : Anne Ursu (2003). “The Disapparation of James”, Hyperion
“It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory”
“I like a good murder that can't be found out. That is, of course it is very shocking, but I like to hear about it.”

Source : Emily Eden (1860). “The Semi-detached House”, p.212
“As soon as I became old enough to make my dreams my reality, I became a firm believer that the subconscious and the world outside of our flesh and blood is essentially the truth.”

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