“My intention to lecture is as vague as my intention is to go on the stage. I will never consider an offer to lecture, not because I despise the vocation, but because I have no desire to appear on the public rostrum.” DesireStageGoes OnOffersIntentionDespiseVagueVocationLectures Author:Mary MacLane
“We need some imaginative stimulus, some not impossible ideal such as may shape vague hope, and transform it into effective desire, to carry us year after year, without disgust, through the routine-work which is so large a part of life.” NeedsYearsMayDesireImpossibleShapesIdealsRoutineDisgustingVagueImaginativeStimulusParts Of LifeRoutine Work Book:Marius the Epicurean: Easyread Large Edition Source: Marius the Epicurean: Easyread Large Edition
“One starts gambling for a joke, out of curiosity, as a little challenge to fortune. One goes on, pricked to the quick by delusions, excited by vague desires that grow. Woe to you if you win anything - an AMBO, a small TERNO! It is all up with you, for your chance of winning seems certain. ... It is the devil's money going back to hell.” IfsLittlesSeemsDesireCertainWinningGrowsChallengesChanceHellGoes OnJokesDevilFortuneCuriosityExcitedDelusionGamblingVagueWoe Book:The Land of Cockayne (Matilde Serao) (Literary Thoughts Edition) Source: The Land of Cockayne (Matilde Serao) (Literary Thoughts Edition)
“I dream of vague shapes that hint of my heart's desire.” HeartDreamDesireMy HeartShapesVagueHints Author:Mason Cooley