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Paradise Quotes - Page 12

A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith's usual result.

William James (1987). “Writings, 1902-1910”, p.261, Library of America

Trust me, he whispers against my lips. Maggie, you're my paradise.

Simone Elkeles (2013). “Return to Paradise”, p.185, Simon and Schuster

I have often been surprised that Mathematics, the quintessence of Truth, should have found admirers so few and so languid. Frequent consideration and minute scrutiny have at length unravelled the cause: viz . that though Reason is feasted, Imagination is starved; whilst Reason is luxuriating in its proper Paradise, Imagination is wearily travelling on a dreary desert.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2015). “The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Poetry, Plays, Literary Essays, Lectures, Autobiography and Letters (Classic Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of the English poet, literary critic and philosopher, including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Christabel, Lyrical Ballads, Conversation Poems and Biographia Literaria”, p.4115, e-artnow

Paradise is a state of being, more than just the name of a suburb or a home.

Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

An old art spreading rumours about / Paradise, it begs outside the gates / Of the gods: the active gods come out.

Peter Porter (2010). “The Rest on the Flight: Selected Poems”, p.73, Pan Macmillan

Why can't these American women stay in their own country? They are always telling us that it is the paradise for women. It is. That is the reason why, like Eve, they are so excessively anxious to get out of it.

Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.27, Wordsworth Editions