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Quote by James Hillman

“If there were a god of New York, it would be the Greek's Hermes, the Roman's Mercury. He embodies New York qualities: the quick exchange, the fastness of language and style, craftiness, the mixing of people and crossing of borders, imagination.”

Author

James Hillman

James Hillman (April 12, 1926 - October 27, 2011) was an American psychologist and a prominent figure in the field of analytical psychology. His research focused on dream analysis, mythology, and the relationship between the human psyche and nature. Hillman's works have had a profound impact on psychology, literature, and the arts. more

“Silence? What can New York-noisy, roaring, rumbling, tumbling, bustling, story, turbulent New York-have to do with silence? Amid the universal clatter, the incessant din of business, the all swallowing vortex of the great money whirlpool-who has any, even distant, idea of the profound repose......of silence?”

Ideas Stories Silence New York Universal Profound Repose Noisy Roaring Incessant Swallowing Vortex Tumbling Whirlpools Great Money

Author:Walt Whitman

“The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines.”

Race Cities Add Islands Internals Engines

Author:E. B. White

“We have a definite but unknown quantity of experience at our disposal. As soon as the hourglass is turned, the sand will begin to run out and once it starts, it cannot stop until it's all gone.”

Running Gone Sand Quantity Definite Hourglass

Author:Pablo Picasso

“A cold in the head in June is an immoral thing.”

Cold Immoral June

Book:THE TALES OF AVONLEA - Complete Collection: 16 Novels & 27 Short Stories (Including Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Prince Edward Island, The Story Girl & Emily Starr Trilogy)

Source: THE TALES OF AVONLEA - Complete Collection: 16 Novels & 27 Short Stories (Including Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Prince Edward Island, The Story Girl & Emily Starr Trilogy)

“I did it to win love, and to prove myself capable. Not to move mountains. In my opinions, mountains don't move. They only look changed when you look down on them from great height.”

Looks Moving Winning Opinion Changed Mountain Prove Capable Height Move Mountains Prove Myself Great Heights

Book:Animal Dreams: A Novel

Source: Animal Dreams: A Novel

“It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.”

One Thing Somewhere Else

Author:Barbara Kingsolver

“But I believe in true love, you know? I don't believe that everybody gets to keep their eyes or not get sick or whatever, but everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does.”