"The helpful thought for which you look Is written somewhere in a book."

-- Edward Gorey

#Book Quotes #Looks Quotes #Helpful Quotes

“They smiled in their pains and laughed to scorn those who inflicted torments on them, resigned up their souls with great alacrity, expecting to receive them again.”
“I had discovered a terrible vulnerability I myself which I think of not as cowardliness but as an ability to imagine too much.”
“The moon was so young, so strange, even as a young girl who is dreaming and is afraid to tell her dreams; and it was shining only for itself.”

Source : Leonid Andreyev (2005). “The Crushed Flower and Other Stories”, p.29, 1st World Publishing
“From the time I wake up until the time I go to bed, music is unfortunately on my mind, on my stereo, or I'm making it or talking about it.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Whatever you are pushing against, you are stuck to.”
“The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.”
“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations--these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat.”
“I visit English country churchyards where historical figures are buried.”

Source : Interview With Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2010.

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