"We stand in need of such reflections to comfort us for the loss of some illustrious characters, which in our eyes might have seemed the most worthy of the heavenly present. The names of Seneca, of the elder and the younger Pliny, of Tacitus, of Plutarch, of Galen, of the slave Epictetus, and of the emperor Marcus Antoninus, adorn the age in which they flourished, and exalt the dignity of human natures."

-- Edward Gibbon

#Eye Quotes #Character Quotes #Loss Quotes

“Every generation is equidistant from God.”
“In the city, I wake bolt upright in the small hours, convinced that intruders are marauding through our apartment despite Swiss bank-style security arrangements.”

Source : "Fear of the dark: Mariella Frostrup goes public" by Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2012.
“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”
“In this world the one thing supremely worth having is the opportunity to do well and worthily a piece of work of vital consequence to the welfare of mankind.”
“I certainly don't want to be formulaic. I want to be honest and authentic and everything else.”
“When I edit the poems - and I do edit, which some people don't mean when they use the term "stream of consciousness" - I'm usually editing toward greater accuracy, which sometimes means more fragmentation, because that is the way I think.”
“I spend a lot of time talking to young and emerging producers on Twitter, feeding back thoughts and encouraging them.”
“Is it more childish and foolish to insist that there is a conspiracy or that there is not?”

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