In life there are certain sores that, like a canker, gnaw at the soul in solitude and diminish it. The Blind Owl
The compensation of growing old ... was simply this; that the passion remains as strong as ever, but one has gained -- at last! -- the power which adds the supreme flavour to existence -- the power of taking hold of experience, of turning it round, slowly, in the light. Mrs. Dalloway
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory. The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
“Do you think people can tell who they are just by their names? You can recognize them from their looks, their gait, their looks, their tone of voice.” Samarkand
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