Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

Presently, one after another, like shyly hopping sparrows, her friends arrived, black against the snow.

Swann's Way

And then, gradually, the memory of her would fade away, I had forgotten the girl of my dream.

Swann's Way

... "Why did you not forget your heart also? I should never have let you have that back." ...

Swann's Way

The anaesthetic effect of habit being destroyed, I would begin to think - and to feel - such melancholy things.

Swann's Way

... the idea that 'Life' contains situations more interesting and more romantic than all the romances ever written.

Swann's Way

I would feel the satisfaction of being shut in from the outer world...

Swann's Way

After luncheon the sun, conscious that it was Saturday, would blaze an hour longer in the zenith,...

Swann's Way

No single thing abides; and all things are fucked up.

The Transmigration of Timothy Archer

Dio promette la vita eterna” disse Eldritch. “Io posso fare di meglio; posso metterla in commercio.

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

Tragedy occurs whenever awareness exceeds power; and particularly where awareness of a major need exceeds the power to satisfy it.

Tragedy Is Not Enough

Think wisely before you exercise an action. Having done so however, never look back and regret. That would be a shame

Thirukkural

Even if someone does something that brings bad to you,do something good for them and make them feel shy for what they have done to you

Thirukkural

Just as the earth that bears the man who tills and digs it, to bear those who speak ill of them, is a quality of the highest respect.

Thirukkural

He who on earth has lived in the conjugal state as he should live, will be placed among the Gods who dwell in heaven

Thirukkural

She who has the excellence of home virtues, and can expend within the means of her husband, is a help in the domestic state

Thirukkural

The wound made by hurting with fire will heal but the wound created by harsh words uttered using out tongue leaves an indelible scar.

Thirukkural

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

The Points Of My Compass

Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects.

Prince of Chaos

Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.

Principal Doctrines

Dabar mes klaidingai suprantam patys save, o kitų visai nesuprantam. Patirtis neturi jokios moralinės vertės. Tai tik vardas, kuriuo žmonės vadina savo klaidas.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

the matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice ...

Phaedrus