"I am the wilderness lost in man." — Mervyn Peake

"I am the wilderness lost in man."

— Mervyn Peake

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39 Quotes by Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake has 39 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

There is a brotherhood among the kindly- Closer and defter and more integral- Than any of aisle or coven- For…
Noon, ripe as thunder and silent as thought, had fled unfingered.
There is a kind of laughter that sickens the soul. Laughter when it is out of control: when it screams…
Through her, in microcosm, the wide earth sobbed. The starglobe sank in her; the colours faded. The death-dew rose and…
The crumbling castle, looming among the mists, exhaled the season, and every cold stone breathed it out. The tortured trees…
I want a lot to eat, I'm going to think today.
The Earth swirls down through the ominous moons of preconsidered generations.
I am too rich already, for my eyes mint gold. - Coloured Money
Gormenghast, that is, the main massing of the original stone, taken by itself would have displayed a certain ponderous architectural…
What is Time... That you speak of it so subserviently? Are we to be the slaves of the sun, that…
He had no longer any need for home, for he carried his Gormenghast within him. All that he sought was…
This tower, patched unevenly with black ivy, arose like a mutilated finger from among the fists of knuckled masonry and…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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