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Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned in your letter, so that I might have something to press against my heart.”

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, born on August 28, 1749, and died on March 22, 1832, was a prominent German writer, thinker, and scientist. He is one of the greatest writers in German literary history and his works have had a profound impact on the world. His most famous works include 'Faust' and 'The Sorrows of Young Werther'. more

“I knowed a man in Paphlagonia who'd swallow a live snake every morning, when he got up. He used to say, he was certain of one thing, that nothing worse would happen to him all day. 'Course they made him eat a bowlful of hairy centipedes before they hung him, so maybe that claim was a bit presumptive.”

Men Made Happens Used Certain Courses Bits Morning One Thing Claims Every Morning Hung Snakes Centipedes

Book:Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's Stardust: Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie

Source: Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's Stardust: Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie

“Literature is no one’s private ground, literature is common ground; let us trespass freely and fearlessly and find our own way for ourselves.”

Way Literature Common Common Ground

Book:A woman's essays: selected essays, volume one

Source: A woman's essays: selected essays, volume one

“I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is.”

Thinking Men Years School Acting Fellows Observing Fellow Man Best School

Author:Wilford Brimley

“Tristan and Yvaine were happy together. Not forever-after, for Time, the thief, eventually takes all things into his dusty storehouse, but they were happy, as these things go, for a long while”