Death Quote by Rafael Sabatini Download Open image “He was suffering from the loss of an illusion.” — Rafael Sabatini ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Death Illusion Loss Suffering
“There were times when he confronted his own image as a man confronts an empty valley, and the vision propelled him forward again to experience as despair compels us to extinction. Sometimes he was like a man in flight, but running toward the enemy, desperate to feel upon his vanishing body the blows that would prove his being; desperate to… — John le Carré Copy Share
“He vividly recalled those old doubts and perplexities, and it seemed to him that it was no mere chance that he recalled them now. It struck him as strange and grotesque, that he should have stopped at the same spot as before, as though he actually imagined he could think the same thoughts, be interested in the same theories and… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share
There was no God in his heart, he knew; his ideas were still in riot; there was ever the pain of memory; the regret… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Illusions are like umbrellas - you no sooner get them than you lose them, and the loss always leaves a little painful wound. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Then he heard a terrible cry that pulled at his insides, that expressed agony of a kind that neither flame nor curse could cause,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Despite not knowing if what he felt from moment to moment would pass or last forever, he entered fully into his shifting states of… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
A shattered illusion is a sorrowful experience; but a life without illusion is a sorrowful life — Jose Narosky Copy Share Image
“If Mr. Blood had condescended to debate the matter with these ladies, he might have urged that having had his fill of wandering and… — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
The love that is never to be realized will often remain a mans guiding ideal. — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
Gold has at all times been considered the best of testimonies of good faith... — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
“Peter Blood judged her- as we are all prone to do- upon insufficient knowledge.” — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
“Mind being the seat of the soul, and literature being the expression of the mind, literature, it follows, is the soul of an age,… — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
“Dragostea ce nu ajunge sa se materializeze niciodata ramane adesea idealul care-l ghideaza pe om.” — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish. — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
But I like my madness. There is a thrill in it unknown to such sanity as yours. ~ Book 1, Chapter 9, — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
The idea of equality is a by-product of the sentiment of envy. Since it must always prove beyond human ower to raise the inferior mass to a superior stratum, apostles of equality must ever be inferiors seeking to reduce their betters to their level. It follows that a nation that once admits this doctrine of equality will be dragged by… — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share
“Laughter broke from them. It spread into a roar of acclamation; for bluff is a weapon dear to every adventurer.” — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and pecularities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death. The ideal of a single civilization for everyone, implicit in the cult of progress and technique, impoverishes and mutilates us. Every view of… — Octavio Paz Copy Share
Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation.… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“It was beautiful. He thought he had never seen anything so beautiful in all his life; that, having seen it, he could die content, knowing that he would never see anything so beautiful again. He wished he could have seen it for longer. More, he wished he could have taken it apart, studied it all the way down to its… — Mira Grant Copy Share
With multiplayer, permanent death, and an ever-changing world to explore and conquer, 'A Valley Without Wind' might be the place you're looking for if… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
“What did you see?” she asked gently. His brow furrowed, as if he could not understand the question. Then his eyes turned to the paper on which he'd been writing. They went to the quill that he seemed surprised to see in his hand. When he turned to look at her again, fresh tears spilled from Michel de Nostredame's eyes.… — J. Anthony Torino Copy Share
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“I practice Dying--every night-- But have not learned to, still-- Though Talented--by Mortal bones-- For such a common Skill.” — Alan W. Powers Copy Share
“You must understand the pain and grief of losing someone is nothing more than a function of survival.” — Steven Cooper Copy Share Image
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
“Death is a reality that calls the rest of life and all of our assorted strivings into sharp relief.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
