"Still on it creeps, Each little moment at another's heels, Till hours, days, years, and ages are made up Of such small parts as these, and men look back Worn and bewilder'd, wondering how it is."

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Source : Joanna Baillie (1851). “The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie ; Complete in One Volume”, p.413

Joanna Baillie

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“everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease.”

Source : Muriel Spark (2001). “Loitering with Intent”, p.116, New Directions Publishing
“I knew I was too lateâ€”and I was glad something bloodthirsty waited in the wings. For in failing at this, I forfeited any desire to live.”
“You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.”
“A conductor should guide rather than command.”
“Leave my soul alone, leave my soul alone”

Source : Dannie Abse, Jeremy Robson (1973). “Poetry Dimension”
“Help publicly. Help privately. Help make sense where sense has gone missing. Help science to solve and faith to soothe. Help, and you will abolish apathy-the void that is so quickly filled by ignorance and evil.”
“Creativity is the ability to look at the ordinary and see the extraordinary.”
“A pure style in writing results from the rejection of everything superfluous.”

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