"No writer, no matter how gifted, immortalizes himself unless he has crystallized into expressive and original phrase the eternal sentiments and yearnings of the human heart."

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Source : Alfred de Vigny (1905). “Cinq Mars ...”

Alfred de Vigny

#Heart Quotes #Phrases Quotes #Matter Quotes

“The pain comes from more than the facts of circumstance, or the deeds of others. It comes from within. From understanding what we lost. It comes from knowing how foolish we were - vain, arrogant children - when we thought ourselves happy. It comes from knowing how fragile and doomed the old ways were, just when we thought them and ourselves, secure!. The pain comes from knowing we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again.”
“I'm just as insufferable and useless as every other dad is. The dynamic never changes, no matter what you do for a living.”
“I use different kinds of materials on different kinds of projects. Today we can do things with steel and glass that we could not do before. flexible enough to change.”
“I believe God did intend, in giving us intelligence, to give us the opportunity to investigate and appreciate the wonders of His creation. He is not threatened by our scientific adventures.”
“I have a hard time watching people getting punched on screen; I have to close my eyes a lot.”
“Peace talk when war is impending is hazardous for the talker, and in war time it is criminal. War talk in peace time, which is infinitely more wicked, runs no risk at all.”
“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.”
“I can't see any difference in government between Bush and Obama apart from the color of their skin.”

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