"... the structure of a page of good prose is, analyzed logically, not something frozen but the vibrating of a bridge, which changes with every step one takes on it."

-- Robert Musil

#Bridges Quotes #Frozen Quotes #Pages Quotes

“The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.”
“Couples who make it aren't the ones who never had a reason to get divorced; they are simply the ones who decided early on that their commitment to each other was always going to be bigger than their differences and their flaws.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dave Willis from Mar 09, 2017
“Sing lullabie, as women do,Wherewith they bring their babes to rest;And lullabie can I sing to,As womanly as can the best.”

Source : George Gascoigne, John W. Cunliffe (2012). “The Complete Works of George Gascoigne: Volume 1, The Posies”, p.44, Cambridge University Press
“Curiosity is the surest sign of intelligence”
“Everything that liberals want they call a civil right. This avoids them having to argue about it and puts the halo around the issue.”
“It's well known that I interviewed with Philadelphia last winter, and I'd like to manage again,”
“As it is the nature of a kite to devour little birds, so it is the nature of some minds to insult and tyrannize over little people; this being the means which they use to recompense themselves for their extreme servility and condescension to their superiors; for nothing can be more reasonable than that slaves and flatterers should exact the same taxes on all below them which they themselves pay to all above them.”
“I am often disgusted at hearing young people I know, declare that they are afraid of doing this or that, because they MIGHT be killed.”

Source : William John Wills (1863). “A Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia: From Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria”, p.69, London : R. Bentley

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