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Hope Mirrlees Quotes

In [man’s] mouth is ever the bittersweet taste of life and death, unknown to the trees. Without respite he is dragged by the two wild horses, memory and hope; and he is tormented by a secret that he can never tell Picture Quote #1

He says to me, Ranulph, he says... that the past will never come again, but that we must remember that the past is made of the present, and that the present is always here Picture Quote #1

A house with old furniture has no need of ghosts to be haunted Picture Quote #1

Reason I know, is only a drug, and, as such, its effects are never permanent. But, like the juice of the poppy, it often gives a temporary relief Picture Quote #1

There is not a single homely thing that, looked at from a certain angle, does not become fairy Picture Quote #1

The round towers of the castles looked as if they were so firmly encrusted in the sky that, to get to their other side, one would have to hew out a passage through the celestial marble Picture Quote #1

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Pride and resentment are not indigenous in the human heart; and perhaps it is due to the gardener’s innate love of the exotic that we take such pains to make them thrive Picture Quote #1

Without respite he is dragged by the two wild horses, memory and hope; and he is tormented by a secret that he never can tell Picture Quote #1

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In [man’s] mouth is ever the bittersweet taste of life and death, unknown to the trees. Without respite he is dragged by the two wild horses, memory and hope; and he is tormented by a secret that he can never tell (Hope Mirrlees Quotes) He says to me, Ranulph, he says... that the past will never come again, but that we must remember that the past is made of the present, and that the present is always here. (Hope Mirrlees Quotes) A house with old furniture has no need of ghosts to be haunted (Hope Mirrlees Quotes) Reason I know, is only a drug, and, as such, its effects are never permanent. But, like the juice of the poppy, it often gives a temporary relief (Hope Mirrlees Quotes) There is not a single homely thing that, looked at from a certain angle, does not become fairy (Hope Mirrlees Quotes) The round towers of the castles looked as if they were so firmly encrusted in the sky that, to get to their other side, one would have to hew out a passage through the celestial marble (Hope Mirrlees Quotes) Pride and resentment are not indigenous in the human heart; and perhaps it is due to the gardener’s innate love of the exotic that we take such pains to make them thrive (Hope Mirrlees Quotes) Without respite he is dragged by the two wild horses, memory and hope; and he is tormented by a secret that he never can tell (Hope Mirrlees Quotes)