"This tower, patched unevenly with black ivy, arose like a mutilated finger from among the fists of knuckled masonry and pointed blasphemously at heaven. At night the owls made of it an echoing throat; by day it stood voiceless and cast its long shadow."

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Source : Mervyn Peake (2007). “Titus Groan”, p.12, The Overlook Press

Mervyn Peake

#Night Quotes #Ivy Quotes #Long Quotes

“Because there are those who trust and encourage. I became a roly-poly Hyoyeon!! ^^”
“How many lost souls do You need, Lord, to satisfy Your hunger? the hatter asked. God, in His infinite silence, looked at him without blinking.”
“To be much for God, we must be much with God. Jesus, that lone figure in the wilderness, knew strong crying, along with tears. Can one be moved with compassion and not know tears? Jeremiah was a sobbing saint. Jesus wept! So did Paul. So did John. Though there are some tearful intercessors behind the scenes, I grant you that to our modern Christianity, praying is foreign.”
“you have the right to live a beautiful life”
“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.”

Source : "'We Have to Work Harder to Explain Why Trade Matters'". Speech to the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise by WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, www.wto.org. October 21, 2016.
“Before getting meningitis, I was such a hypochondriac, worrying about the slightest ache. Ironically, I overlooked meningitis because the symptoms seemed like flu. I guess you don't realise how healthy you are until it is taken away from you.”
“Science cannot tell us a word about why music delights us, of why and how an old song can move us to tears.”
“Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get.”

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