"Misfortune makes of certain souls a vast desert through which rings the voice of God."

-- Honore de Balzac

#Voice Quotes #Soul Quotes #Desert Quotes

“Nothing good is a miracle, nothing lovely is a dream.”
“Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.”
“The heart of a woman falls back with the night, / And enters some alien cage in its plight, / And tries to forget it has dreamed of the stars / While it breaks, breaks, breaks on the sheltering bars.”

Source : Georgia Douglas Johnson, “The Heart Of A Woman”
“I considered the case and realized that if something can exist in opinion without existing in reality, or exist in reality without existing in opinion, the conclusion is that of the two parallel lives, only opinion is necessary â€“ not reality, which is only a secondary consideration.”

Source : Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (2010). “The Devil's Church and Other Stories”, p.6, University of Texas Press
“Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular.”

Source : John A. Spaulding, George Simpson, Emile Durkheim (2010). “Suicide”, p.372, Simon and Schuster
“The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things: bread and circuses!”
“Otter is the most brilliant mix of facts ancient and modern about the otter species and its vulnerability to man's seemingly insatiable need to hunt the poor animal for reasons other than survival. I am sure the book will help to ensure that the hunting of otters will never return to this country-and I hope other lands will follow this example . . . A fascinating and illuminating book.”
“The problem with fun is we really don't know what fun means at all.”

Source : Source: app.longform.org

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