Quotes

And God made two great lights, great for their use
To Man, the greater to have rule by day,
The less by night . . . ~ Paradise Lost by John Milton The mind is its own place, and in it self
Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. ~ Paradise Lost by John Milton Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heaven. ~ Paradise Lost by John Milton Our souls are like those orphans whose unwedded mothers die in bearing them: the secret of our paternity lies in their grave, and we must there to learn it. ~ Moby Dick by Herman Melville "Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any." ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton "I discovered early that crying makes my nose red, and the knowledge has helped me through several painful episodes." ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton If she was faintly aware of fresh difficulties ahead, she was sure of her ability to meet them: it was characteristic of her to feel that the only problems she could not solve were those with which she was familiar. ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Before Selden left college he had learned that there are as many different ways of going without money as of spending it. ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton As the pain that can be told is but half a pain, so the pity that questions has little healing in its touch. ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity. ~ The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton