“There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.” GivingLongSeemsExistenceEventsPerspectivePeriodsFoundationRoundsCaughtDullCaught UpGlimpsePettyNo PointGreat Events Author:Queen Elizabeth II
“Nature is a wary wily long-breathed old Witch, tough-lived as a Turtle and divisible as the Polyp, repullulative in a thousand Snips and Cuttings, integra et in toto! She is sure to get the better of Lady MIND in the long run, and to take her revenge too transforms our To Day into a Canvass dead-colored to receive the dull featureless Portait of Yesterday.” MindLongRunningCuttingThousandToughRevengeYesterdayDullWitchLong RunsTurtles Book:Opus Maximum Source: Opus Maximum
“It seemed that out of battle I escaped Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped Through granites which titanic wars had groined.” LongWarBattleProfoundDullTunnelsGranite Author:Wilfred Owen