“Here lies a most beautiful lady, Light of step and heart was she; I think she was the most beautiful lady That ever was in the West Country.”— Walter de la Mare, An EpitaphShare
“Without imagination of the one kind or the other, mortal existence is indeed a dreary and prosaic business.”— Walter de la MareShare
“It's a very odd thing— As odd as can be— That whatever Miss T. eats Turns into Miss T.”— Walter de la MareShare
“Love and what generates it. Rebellion and what creates it. Liberty and what nourishes it. Three manifestations of God.”— Khalil GibranShare
“They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”— ConfuciusShare
“If you are penitent, you love. And if you love you are of God. All things are atoned for, all things are saved by love.”— Fyodor DostoevskyShare
“But it has always happened that the more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.”— Fyodor DostoevskyShare
“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be.”— Charles DickensShare
“Yet I argue not against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate one jot of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer right onward.”— John MiltonShare
