"I am carried in my shadow like a violin in its black case"

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Source : Tomas Transtromer (2011). “The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems”, p.199, New Directions Publishing

Tomas Transtromer

#Black Quotes #Shadow Quotes #Violin Quotes

“I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year, if I continued to read great books, eventually I would write something worthy of publication. I understood I might be in my forties or my fifties or even my sixties, but I felt confident that it would happen.”
“There must still be room for the falling note, of course. Even in an undying world there are times when beauty passes from sight, or love passes from the heart, and we feel the sorrow of partition.”
“All of these reissues were not authorized by me, I do not endorse them, the live album was put out without my permission, and I've not seen a dime at this point, either.”
“I am a grown woman-- mostly-- and I can guzzle champagne with whomever I choose.”

Source : Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows (2009). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”, p.52, A&C Black
“A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.”

Source : "Struggle: The Life and Exploits of Commander Richard E. Byrd". Book by Charles John Vincent Murphy, 1928.
“Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity.”
“If you do not receive Christ as the Lamb who saves and delivers, you will face Him as the Lion who stalks and devours.”
“Pleasure which must be enjoyed at the expense of another's pain, can never be enjoyed by a worthy mind. Pleasure's couch is virtues grave.”

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