“And you who sought for magic in your youth but desire it not in your age, know that there is a blindness of spirit which comes from age, more black than the blindness of eye, making a darkness about you across which nothing may be seen, or felt, or known, or in any way apprehended.” KnowsWayMayEyeAgeSpiritDesireFeltBlackKnownDarknessMagicYouthBlindness Author:Lord Dunsany
“And she would not hold back his limbs when his heart was gone to the woods, for it is ever the way of witches with any two things to care for the more mysterious of the two.” WayHeartTwoCareGoneWoodsMysteriousTwo ThingsWitchLimbs Author:Lord Dunsany
“Humanity, let us say, is like people packed in a automobile which is traveling downhill without lights at a terrific speed and driven by a four-year-old child. The signposts along the way are all marked "progress."” PeopleWayYearsChildrenLightHumanityEnvironmentFourProgressSpeedDrivenFour YearsTerrificAutomobileSignposts Author:Lord Dunsany
“It has always struck me that one of the readiest ways of estimating a country's regard for law is to notice what arms the officers of the law are carrying: in England it is little batons, in France swords, in many countries revolvers, and in Russia the police used to have artillery.” WayLittlesCountryLawUsedArmsEnglandPoliceRegardRussiaFranceOfficersArtilleryRevolverBatonEstimating Author:Lord Dunsany
