Lord! I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.
—Jonathan Swift, 1738
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If they prescribe a lot of remedies for some sickness or other, it means that the sickness is incurable.
—Anton Chekhov, 1904Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
—Roald Dahl, 1990From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.
—Herman Melville, 1851Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be.
—Jane Austen, 1815He alone who owns the youth gains the future.
—Adolf Hitler, 1935Talk to me about the truth of religion and I’ll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I’ll listen submissively. But don’t come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don’t understand.
—C.S. Lewis, 1961The best augury of a man’s success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.
—George Eliot, 1876He knows the water best who has waded through it.
—Danish proverbI want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962Time robs us of all, even of memory.
—Virgil, c. 40 BCSome nights are like honey—and some like wine—and some like wormwood.
—L.M. Montgomery, 1927I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
—H. Rap Brown, 1967