"There is so little that one can do for the dead!"

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Source : Selma Lagerlöf (2016). “The Emperor of Portugallia”, p.191, Library of Alexandria

Selma LagerlÃ¶f

#Littles Quotes

“Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run.”

Source : Bliss Carman (1904). “The Friendship of Art”, Boston : L.C. Page
“Insulting the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) is like trying to spit at the sun, it will only come back in your face.”
“Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.”
“No interviews without appointments except between nine and ten PM on the second Saturdays.”
“And so they are ever returning to us, the dead.”
“Home is where you feel unjudged, and where what I do isn't necessarily stupid or wrong.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.”
“We look on those approaching the banks of a river all must cross, with ten times the interest they excited when dancing in the meadow.”

Source : Hester Lynch Piozzi (1861). “Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)”, p.367

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