#classic

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#crime #detective #mystery #novel #chance

I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me: and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum of human cities torture. ↗

— George Gordon Byron

#epic-poetry #poetry #verse #torture

The person I am in the company of my sisters has been entirely different from the person I am in the company of other people. Fearless, powerful, surprising, moved as I otherwise am only when I write. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#classics

solitude begins with a time and a place for God, and God alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but also that God is actively present in our lives-- healing, teaching and guiding-- we need to set aside a time and space to give God our undivided attention. (Matt 6:6) ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

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All i want is a dress with puffy sleaves ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

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I don't lack for bed partners, so I don't need to scrounge for unwilling scraps.-Spade ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#hilarious #night-huntress #spade #classics

Time, which sees all things, has found you out. ↗

— Sophocles

#greek-literature #mythology #classics

Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
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— Winston Churchill

#drunkenness #retort #classics

I saw the Cloud, though I did not foresee the Storm. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#daniel-defoe #moll-flanders #classics

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#lee #pattern #reaction #classics