"On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey."

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Source : Karl Philipp Moritz (2010). “Travels in England in 1782”, p.54, BoD – Books on Demand

Karl Philipp Moritz

#Gloomy Quotes #Westminster Abbey Quotes #Abbey Quotes

“Cut these words and they would bleed; they are vascular and alive.”
“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”

Source : "Fictional character: Don Birnam". "The Lost Weekend", www.imdb.com. October 5, 1945.
“It once occured to me that literature - all art really - is either talking to people about God, or talking to God about people.”
“Husband and I are preparing ourselves for the new Doctor by watching - well, mainly rewatching - Mr. Capaldiâ€™s back catalogue, weâ€™ve just finished The Crow Road in which he is utterly drop-dead gorgeous and actually Iâ€™d better stop there as husband is probably reading this so just let me point out that of course Iâ€™m only excited about upcoming Doctor Who because of the stories and itâ€™s definitely not because I fancy the new Doctor.”
“The number of poor, and poorly prepared, students who succeed in college and beyond undercuts the simplistic notion that economic or educational disadvantage is an excuse for failure, violent behavior, or indulgence in drugs.”
“Every really good creative person in advertising has always had two noticeable characteristics. First, there was no subject he could not easily get interested in...Second, he was an extensive browser in all sorts of fields of information. For it is with the advertising man as with the cow: no browsing, no milk.”
“There is nothing worse that you can do to a human being in America today than give them a mental illness kind of label and tell them they need drugs and these children are 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 years-old being treated in this manner,”
“Age is a terrible thief. Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back. It makes you ache and muddies your head and silently spreads cancer throughout your spouse.”

Source : Sara Gruen (2016). “The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House”, p.25, Hachette UK

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