Quirky World

Friday, 12 October 2012

"What is the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on."

Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862)

"Between truth and the search for truth, I opt for the second."

Bernard Berenson, art historian (1865-1959)

"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."

Henry Adams, historian and teacher (1838-1918)

"In a world of fugitives, the person taking the opposite direction will appear to run away."

T.S. Eliot, poet (1888-1965)

"I wish I could have known earlier that you have all the time you'll need right up to the day you die."

William Wiley, artist (b. 1937)

nights like these engulf the dark make an anomaly of light alter the perception of loss nights like these will turn you blind if you ever ...