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“From describing the past, from the present which seized my hand in its
excited grasp, here I am, O future, now mounting the crupper of your horse.
What new pennants wilt thou unfurl before me from towers of cities not yet
founded? What rivers of devastation set flowing over castles and gardens I
have loved? What unforeseeable golden ages art thou preparing—ill-mastered, indomitable harbinger of treasures dearly paid for, my kingdom
to be conquered, the future . . .”
― Il cavaliere inesistente
excited grasp, here I am, O future, now mounting the crupper of your horse.
What new pennants wilt thou unfurl before me from towers of cities not yet
founded? What rivers of devastation set flowing over castles and gardens I
have loved? What unforeseeable golden ages art thou preparing—ill-mastered, indomitable harbinger of treasures dearly paid for, my kingdom
to be conquered, the future . . .”
― Il cavaliere inesistente
“They died like heroes,” a young fighter said gently.
“I don’t want them to be heroes; I want them alive. For whom will I
cook? For whom will I make soup? I want the hands that took plates from
me; I want the faces that smiled at me.”
― To the Edge of Sorrow
“I don’t want them to be heroes; I want them alive. For whom will I
cook? For whom will I make soup? I want the hands that took plates from
me; I want the faces that smiled at me.”
― To the Edge of Sorrow
“He came down from the North to Paris with a mind like Aristotle's and a form like mortal sin. We shattered the Commandments on the spot.”
― The Lion in Winter
― The Lion in Winter
“I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy. I see that I hold a sanctuary in their hearts, and in the hearts of their descendants, generations hence. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
“What have we given?
My friend, blood shaking my heart
The awful daring of a moment's surrender
Which an age of prudence can never retract
By this, and this only, we have existed.”
― The Waste Land
My friend, blood shaking my heart
The awful daring of a moment's surrender
Which an age of prudence can never retract
By this, and this only, we have existed.”
― The Waste Land
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