“Your future is always with me, kalles. Do not ever say otherwise.”
“There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go--if there are no doors or windows--he walks through a wall.”
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“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
― Flaubert's Parrot
― Flaubert's Parrot
“When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.”
― Poems New and Collected
the first syllable already belongs to the past.
When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.”
― Poems New and Collected
“We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives,
Who thinks most, feels noblest, acts the best.”
― Festus: A Poem
Who thinks most, feels noblest, acts the best.”
― Festus: A Poem
“You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then my quill breaks. Or I spill ink all over my writing tunic.”
― The Funny Thing Is...
― The Funny Thing Is...
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