"Poetry has been to me something more than amusement, it has been a cheering companion when I had no other to fly to, a delightful solace."

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Henry Kirke White

#Cheer Quotes #Amusement Quotes #Companion Quotes

“It's hard to know exactly how people develop the characters they do. There could be people from humble beginnings that turn into jerks. Some characteristics are just part of that special soul of that human being.”

Source : Interview with Carlos J. Queirós, www.aarp.org. April 2006.
“In other words, you've got a journey as the plot, but it has to be in a lively environment, being able to create the mood. If you read "Pickman's Model," in other words, they're winding their way through the Boston Streets and [H.P.] Lovecraft researched what was there.”
“I love writing thank-you notes. There's something very nostalgic to me about the feel of a card and putting pen to paper. How many times in our lives are we required to put pen to paper anymore?”
“Reduce your wants and lead a happy and contented life. Never hurt the feelings of others and be kind to all. Think of God as soon as you get up and when you go to bed.”
“I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.”

Source : Henri Rousseau, Roger Shattuck, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France) (1985). “Henri Rousseau: essays”, Museum of Modern Art ; Boston : Distributed by New York Graphic Society Books
“A courteous, yet harrowing Grace, As Guest, that would be gone”
“The pollen count, now that's a difficult job. Especially if you've got hay fever.”
“The cross of Christ is the sweetest burden that I ever bore; it is such a burden as wings are to a bird, or sails to a ship, to carry me forward to my harbor.”

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