Quote by Maeterlinck Maurice

As soon as we put something into words, we devalue it in a strange way. We think we have plunged into the depths of…

— Maurice Maeterlinck

“words are powerful and dangerous things … all those who read are searching — they seek to fill the empty portions of their souls. It”

— Shae Ford

“If my heart is set on pursuing real treasures, my mind must be fixed solely on the privilege of enjoying them and freed of…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“My recent adventures have made me quite the philosopher, especially at night, when I hear naught but the stream grinding boulders into pebbles through…

— David Mitchell

“That evening more firmly than ever fastened into my soul the conviction that Fate was of stone, and Hope a false idol - blind,…

— Charlotte Brontë

“Perhaps it is this story that is a bridge over the void, and as it advances it flings forward news and sensations and emotions…

— Italo Calvino

“Words are the writer's sorcery, our dark arts and our sleight of hand. They're our enchantment and our temptation”

— Karl Wiggins

“Life is the ultimate treasure we seek to cherish; life becomes empty when we wearily seek wealth; under the presumption that it is the…

— Wayne Chirisa

“When you possess great treasures within you, and you try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed.”

— Paulo Coelho

“There is treasure buried in the field of every one of our days, even the bleakest or dullest, and it is our business, as…

— Frederick Buechner

“The true mind can weather all the lies and illusions without being lost. The true heart can tough the poison of hatred without being…

— Lion turtle

“Words are like shards of glass. By themselves they're worthless; however, when placed together in just the right way, they can become great works…

— Leigh M. Lane