"It occurs to me to wonder: do I……" — Emma Bull
"It occurs to me to wonder: do I believe in any god, or even positively not believe, as James does? I believe in systems and methods. I believe in the beauties of philosophy and poetry. I believe that the work we do and leave behind us is our afterlife; and I believe that history lies, but sometimes so well that I can't bring myself to resent it. I believe that truth is beauty, but not, I'm afraid, the reverse. It doesn't seem sufficient to sustain one in life's rigorous moments. Perhaps I shall embrace Islam. Its standards for poetry seem very high."
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10 Quotes by Emma Bull
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Sometimes, she reflected, she dressed for courage, sometimes for success, and sometimes for the consolation of knowing that whatever else…
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She has her own glamour, Willy lad. All poets do, all the bards and artists, all the musicians who truly…
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It was like him, too, to love her and admit to it before he knew if she loved him. Maybe…
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We're all immortal until we die.
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Could I make you believe something that wasn't true?' He studied her through his eyelashes. 'You could make me believe…
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To those who see the magical surface of things, you are invisible.' Good grief. Will you still be able to…
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She lifted her head. "It's easier," she said, slowly, "to be angry on someone else's behalf than on my own.…
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Coincidence is the word we use when we can't see the levers and pulleys.
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They don't know how the world is shaped. And so they give it a shape, and try to make everything…
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