The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams Quotes & Sayings

Queen Katherine, whose boys have all died, takes it patiently: that is to say, she suffers. — Hilary Mantel

Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected than it has been hitherto. — Charles Sumner

And I had loved her, I had at least once in my life been capable of that, able to escape my self long enough to love. Suddenly, the unacknowledged sorrows and blunders of my life surged up in me all at once. I thought I would be sick. I gasped, put my hand over my mouth until tears began collecting on my fingers. I took my hand away and looked at it as if I had just discovered I was bleeding. — Wayne Johnston

New York has collapsed. — James Purdy

Honesty is a good thing,
but it is not profitable
to its possessor unless
it is kept under control. — Don Marquis

But I decided I wanted more education and I had to make a choice between starting law school, which was interesting to me, and going for a graduate degree in engineering. — Daniel J. Evans

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. — Thomas Carlyle

America wants its respect. — Tupac Shakur

Once upon a time she had liked to dance. When she had been about the same age as the little brunette out there who kept lifting her dress up over her head. Now that was living. Just lift your dress if you wanted to get down and don't worry what anyone thought. — Erin McCarthy

Reviews and essays that call attention to the critic are kind of like those movies that insist the viewer wear 3-D glasses. They promise depth, middle distance, a more fulsome experience, three-dimensionality: some additional layer of life. But the promise is redundant. Good criticism, like good films, will always give the impression of depth, of a presiding, trustworthy personality. Smart sentences, one after the other, are usually heartbeat enough. — Jason Guriel

When freedom is in jeopardy, non-co-operation may be a duty and prison may be a palace. — Mahatma Gandhi