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Quote by William Wordsworth

“poetry is the breath and finer spirit of knowledge”

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William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet, born on April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, and died on April 23, 1850. His poetry is renowned for its depiction of natural landscapes and profound expression of personal emotions and inner world. more

“The point is... to live one's life in the full complexity of what one is, which is something much darker, more contradictory, more of a maelstrom of impulses and passions, of cruelty, ecstacy, and madness, than is apparent to the civilized being who glides on the surface and fits smoothly into the world.”

World Passion Fit Madness Surface Cruelty Impulse Complexity Civilized Contradictory Maelstrom

Book:Secular Philosophy and the Religious Temperament: Essays 2002-2008

Source: Secular Philosophy and the Religious Temperament: Essays 2002-2008

“There has seldom if ever a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of their elders, and what you call heroism is just an expression of this simple fact; there is never a scarcity of idiots.”

Ifs Facts Young Dies Simple Security Expression Comfort Prejudice Prepared Males Idiot Preserves Heroism Elders Shortage Scarcity

Author:Iain Banks

“Don't fret. We'll just have to find something else you're good at besides killing people.”

People Killing

Book:Close Kin: Book II -- The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy

Source: Close Kin: Book II -- The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy

“Em, I am trying to have an important conversation!" shouted Seylin. "I will not change into a cat!”

Trying Important Conversation Cat Ems

Book:Close Kin: Book II -- The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy

Source: Close Kin: Book II -- The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy

“You are the sweetest thug I've ever known.”

Known Sweetest Thug

Book:J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 1-4

Source: J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 1-4

“O,speak to me no more;these words like daggers enter my ears.(a fancy way of saying SHUT UP!)" — William Shakespeare "hamlet”

Way Speak Ears Fancy Shut Up Daggers

Author:William Shakespeare

“I think this is when most people give up on their stories. They come out of college wanting to change the world, wanting to get married, wanting to have kids and change the way people buy office supplies. But they get into the middle and discover it was harder than they thought. They can't see the distant shore anymore, and they wonder if their paddling is moving them forward. None of the trees behind them are getting smaller and none of the trees ahead are getting bigger. They take it out on their spouses, and they go looking for an easier story.”

“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”

Quote by William Wordsworth

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