Books Quote by C.B. MacDonald

“It's not that I don't believe in contemporary literature," he added, "but I don't want to waste valuable time reading any book that has…

— Haruki Murakami

“A man may indeed be an honest man; but the folly of sacrifice, of virginity, of devotedness, of martyrdom, arises only from faith in…

— Emile Bougaud

“experienced in the things of the world, everything that has some difficulty about it seems to thee impossible; but time will pass, as I…

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Life, as he conceived of it, was a long decline from a glorious past, and if a reader approaches a newspaper in that spirit,…

— Robertson Davies

“...I believe that nothing that once was can be completely undone. Even if destroyed in the material world and forgotten by men, it remains…

— Paul O. Kristeller

“there are quiet victories and struggles, great sacrifices of self, and noble acts of heroism, in it - even in many of its apparent…

— Charles Dickens

“Truth was something intangible, unseen, which sometimes we stumbled upon and did not recognize, but was found, and held, and understood only by old…

— Daphne du Maurier

“It was evident to me then that I existed in the same manner as all other men, that I must grow old, that I…

— Marcel Proust

“...[A] strange necessity has been laid upon me to devote my life to the central concern that transcends the walls that divide and would…

— Howard Thurman

“My belief is that if we live another century or so — I am talking of the common life which is the real life…

— Virginia Woolf

“A crowd of men stood in front of them. Of all ages, with expressions of sex-wonder in their eyes, gazing curiously as men who…

— Jim Tully

“Everywhere that we looked, were objects & artifacts reminiscent of a bygone age. of war & destruction, of mankind's determination to rule his neighbour,…

— Rob Shepherd