Quotes

"I never keep to anything long. Variety is the mother of Enjoyment." ~ Vivian Grey by Benjamin Disraeli Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. ~ Vivian Grey by Benjamin Disraeli Now is a bearable burden. What buckles the back is the added weight of the past's mistakes and the future's fears. ~ The Big Time by Fritz Leiber Nations are as equal as so many madmen or drunkards. ~ The Big Time by Fritz Leiber But our wishes are like tinder: the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment. ~ Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte One bright day in the last week of February, I was walking in the park, enjoying the threefold luxury of solitude, a book, and pleasant weather. ~ Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte The end of religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to live. ~ Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise. ~ Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than anyone can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking. ~ Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte "You do not beg the sun for mercy." ~ Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert