#dl

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end. ↗

— Aristotle

#beginning #certain #complete #end #magnitude

I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger. ↗

— Edmond About

#been #conversation #correspondence #danger #enlightened

Middle -age is the time of life, that a man first notices - in his wife. ↗

— Richard Armour

#his #life #man #middle #notices

I was going to middle school in Berkley, and I did not fit in at all. Like a lot of kids, I found theater to be a good place for me. ↗

— Curtis Armstrong

#fit #found #going #good #good place

All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#how #joyfully #kindly #live #midst

Even before 9/11 I was gripped by a sense of dread: our lack of criticism about what we were doing in the Middle East - the slagging off of a whole religious tradition. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#before #criticism #doing #dread #east

I refer of course to the soaring wonder of the age known as the Eiffel Tower. Never in history has a structure been more technologically advanced, materially obsolescent, and gloriously pointless all at the same time. ↗

— Bill Bryson

#age

I'm sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas feels like ten years. I used to go to bed to try and go to sleep to try and make it go faster. ↗

— Andrea Arnold

#before #being #christmas #endless #faster

I'm Godless. I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#god #godless #had #i #make

Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our government, and their conduct in every particular manifested the sincerity of their declarations. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#conduct #council #declarations #degree #disposition