Concentration Quote by Tove Jansson

They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.

— Tim O'Brien

The things that stayed were things that didn't matter except they stayed, night and day, all seasons the same, and were peaceful to a…

— William H. Gass

“They were boastful, triumphant; it seemed to both that they had read every book in the world; known every sin, passion, and joy. Civilizations…

— Virginia Woolf

“Most everyone lived twice in those days. They echoed their own steps. They took one step in the real world and one in their…

— Catherynne M. Valente

They luxuriated in the feeling of deep and all pervading satisfaction, a feeling of knowing absolutely that all was well with the world and…

— Hubert Selby, Jr

“... the more complex they made their world, the less capable they were of dealing with it. They had no means of consensus. They…

— John Wyndham

“Their history wasn’t so far off the mean track, they were going through what a thousand other civilizations had gone through, and no doubt…

— Iain M. Banks

“They heard a deep murmur of voices, and this time not in their heads. Thousands of the ancient Spirits of both Realms swirled above…

— Angela Orlowski-Peart

“The prospect of sharing the rest of their lives held no dread for them. . . every word and movement between them carried their…

— Orson Scott Card

“They were careless people...they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“What exactly did people do when they had all the time in the world and could do whatever they liked? (p 153)”

— Sharon Creech

“Even in ancient days they were, as a rule, shy of 'the Big Folk', as they call us, and now they avoid us with…

— J.R.R. Tolkien