5aritat Quotes & Sayings

(about William Blake)
As for Blake's happiness
a man who knew him said: "If asked whether I ever knew among the intellectual, a happy man, Blake would be the only one who would immediately occur to me."
And yet this creative power in Blake did not come from ambition ... He burned most of his own work. Because he said, "I should be sorry if I had any earthly fame, for whatever natural glory a man has is so much detracted from his spiritual glory. I wish to do nothing for profit. I wish to live for art. I want nothing whatever. I am quite happy."
... He did not mind death in the least. He said that to him it was just like going into another room. On the day of his death he composed songs to his Maker and sang them for his wife to hear. Just before he died his countenance became fair, his eyes brightened and he burst into singing of the things he saw in heaven. — Brenda Ueland

I am my own heaven and hell! — Friedrich Schiller

Eventually, brain implants will become as common as heart implants. I have no doubt about that. — Miguel Nicolelis

Outside of note passing and the occasional tight-lipped kiss after school events, "going together" in seventh grade was pretty meaningless. You couldn't drive, had nowhere to go, and either weren't allowed or couldn't afford to do anything. I was kind of like being an old married couple, except you could control you bowels and stay awake past 8 p.m. — Eric Nuzum

What is the use of a new-born child ? — Benjamin Franklin

She said I'd have to die," Valkyrie answered.
"Which you have already done," Nye nodded ... "The truly tragic thing about all of this," it said, "is that you won't feel any of the great pain I'm about to put you through. — Derek Landy