History Quote by Pyotr Kropotkin

“In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not perceive it, the ground upon which one treads seems…

— Marcel Proust

“There was no hope for him this time: it was the third stroke. Night after night I had passed the house (it was vacation…

— James Joyce

“It was my turn to stand at the foremast-head; and with my shoulders leaning against the slackened royal shrouds, to and fro I swayed…

— Herman Melville

“Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul: While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony,…

— William Wordsworth

“And though it be not so in the physical, yet in moral science that which cannot be understood is not always profitless. For the…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“The human soul enjoys these rare, classical periods, but, apart from them, we are seldom single or unique; we keep company in this world…

— Evelyn Waugh

“In the absence of sleep, my restless nights have been fueled by my overactive imagination, weaving waking dreams onto the canvas of conception. Filling…

— Jaeda DeWalt

“He was looking forward to his visit not only for the pleasure of the shrewd dealing which far transcended mere gross profit, but with…

— William Faulkner

“You know, there's a place we all inhabit, but we don't much think about it, we're scarcely conscious of it, and it lasts for…

— Jerry Spinelli

“He was thinking of that time, the way one does on long journeys when rootlessness and boredom, lack of sleep or routine can summon…

— Ian McEwan

“The intellectual part of his nature was already effaced; he had power only to feel, and feeling was torment. He was conscious of motion.…

— Ambrose Bierce

“He lived within himself, nourished by his own substance, like some torpid creature which hibernates in caves. Solitude had reacted upon his brain like…

— Joris-Karl Huysmans