Udi

“the worst evil which befalls our race is, that when we are wronged and plundered, all the world laughs around, and we are compelled to suppress our sense of injury, and to smile tamely, when we would revenge bravely.”
― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

“For love is like a journey in mountainous country, up through the clouds, and down into the shadows to an unknown destination.”
― Ford Madox Ford, Romance

“A writing may be lost; a lie may be written; but what the eye has seen is truth and remains in the mind!”
― Joseph Conrad, The Lagoon

“these pearls are orient, but they yield in whiteness to your teeth; the diamonds are brilliant, but they cannot match your eyes; and ever since I have taken up this wild trade, I have made a vow to prefer beauty to wealth.”
― Walter Scott, Ivanhoe