A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.I am an admirer of haiku, and I'm a great admirer of Japanese literature in general.
Richard FlanaganI've stopped apologizing to myself for having this great period of success and financial acceptance.
Robert PlantAbsence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.
Roger de Rabutin