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World Quotes - Page 104

...in my dreams the world would come alive, becoming so captivatingly majestic, free and ethereal, that afterwards it would be oppressive to breathe the dust of this painted life.

...in my dreams the world would come alive, becoming so captivatingly majestic, free and ethereal, that afterwards it would be oppressive to breathe the dust of this painted life.

Vladimir Nabokov (2017). “Insomniac Dreams: Experiments with Time by Vladimir Nabokov”, p.148, Princeton University Press

We live, after all, in a world where illusions are sacred and truth profane.

"For one day only, I'm a Lib Dem". www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2005.

Logic has made me hated in the world.

Peter Abelard (1977). “The Story of His Misfortunes and The Personal Letters”

Speed now illuminates reality whereas light once gave objects of the world their shape.

Paul Virilio, Bertrand Richard (2012). “The Administration of Fear”, p.41, MIT Press

Polaroid by its nature makes you frugal. You walk around with maybe two packs of film in your pocket. You have 20 shots, so each shot is a world.

"A Minute With: Patti Smith on her photography show". Interview with Julie Mollins, www.reuters.com. January 16, 2013.

Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.

"FIRST-PERSON: The faith of Patrick Henry" by Kelly Boggs, www.bpnews.net. June 27, 2014.

The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before God, never first in the external world.

Oswald Chambers (2015). “Called of God: Extracts from My Utmost for His Highest on the Missionary Call”, p.88, Discovery House

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1771). “The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.66