"I like the immaterial world. I like to live among thoughts and images of the past and the possible, and even of the impossible, now and then."

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Source : Thomas Love Peacock (1861). “Gryll grange, by the author of 'Headlong hall'.”, p.80

Thomas Love Peacock

#Past Quotes #World Quotes #Impossible Quotes

“If you liked school, you're gonnnnna lovvvvve work!”
“I market for the same reason a pilot keeps his engines running once he is off the ground.”
“No one can look at a pine tree in winter without knowing that spring will come again in due time.”

Source : Frank Bolles (1896). “At the north of Bearcamp Water Chronicles of a stroller in New England from July to December”
“People may say 'What can I do? I'm only one person.' But we've proven that when we come together demonstrate, and speak our piece, there is no way the power structure can avoid being attentive.”
“Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason.”
“A dozen more questions occurred to me. Not to mention twenty-two possible solutions to each one, sixteen resulting hypotheses and counter-theorems, eight abstract speculations, a quadrilateral equation, two axioms, and a limerick. That's raw intelligence for you.”

Source : Jonathan Stroud (2005). “Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy's Gate”, Disney-Hyperion
“...Every single one of us goes through life depending on and bound by our individual knowledge and awareness. And we call it reality. However, both knowledge and awareness are equivocal. One's reality might be another's illusion. We all live inside our own fantasies, don't you think?”
“The only real freedom we have left is the home. Only there can we express anything we want.”

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