“I should tell you all with pleasure,' said the General, 'but you would not believe me.' 'Why should I not?' he asked. 'Because', he answered testily, 'you believe in nothing but what consists with your own prejudices and illusions. I… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share Image
“From these foolish embraces, which were not of very frequent occurrence, I must allow, I used to wish to extricate myself; but my energies… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
You are afraid to die?' Yes, everyone is.' But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together.… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
Knowledge is power-and power of one sort or another is the secret lust of human souls; and here is, beside the sense of exploration,… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
“What was the power that induced strong soldiers to put off their jackets and shirts, and present their hands to be tied up, and… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
What a fool I was! and yet, in the sight of angels, are we any wiser as we grow older? It seems to me,… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
For some nights I slept profoundly; but still every morning I felt the same lassitude, and a languor weighed upon me all day. I… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
Old persons are sometimes as unwilling to die as tired-out children are to say good night and go to bed. — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
“The stream of life is black and angry; how so many of us get across without drowning, I often wonder. The best way is… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
Women are so enigmatical – some in everything – all in matters of the heart. Don't they sometimes actually admire what is repulsive?... — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
I remember everything about it—with an effort. I see it all, as divers see what is going on above them, through a medium, dense,… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
“Thus fortified I might take my rest in peace. But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms, or darken light ones, and… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
“She was slender, and wonderfully graceful. Except that her movements were languid—very languid—indeed, there was nothing in her appearance to indicate an invalid.” — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
“Places change imperceptibly – in detail, at least – a good deal,' said the Doctor, making an effort to keep up a conversation that… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
Nevertheless, life and death are mysterious states, and we know little of the resources of either. — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
There comes with old age a time when the heart is no longer fusible or malleable, and must retain the form in which it… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share
