“Oh longing for places that were not Cherished enough in that fleeting hour How I long to make good from afar The forgotten gesture, the additional act.” LongEnoughHoursLongingForgottenGesturesFleetingAfar Author:Rainer Maria Rilke
“They, who passed away long ago, still exist in us, as predisposition, as burden upon our fate, as murmuring blood, and as gesture that rises up from the depths of time.” LongStillsFateBloodDepthBurdenImmortalityGesturesLong AgoPassed AwayMurmuring Book:Letters to a Young Poet Source: Letters to a Young Poet
“What the people call eloquence is the facility some persons have of speaking alone and for a long time, aided by extravagant gestures, a loud voice, and powerful lungs.” PeoplePersonsLongVoicePowerfulLong TimeLoudGesturesLungsFacilityEloquenceExtravagantLoud Voices Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“I put my pencil upon the paper, doubtfully, and drew little lines, considering my theme. But I would not long hesitate in this manner, for I knew that all creation must be chaos first, and then gestures in the void before it can cast out the completed thing.” FirstsLittlesLongLinesCreationPaperChaosCastsThemeVoidGesturesConsideringPencils Book:Delphi Works of Hilaire Belloc (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Works of Hilaire Belloc (Illustrated)
“Speech as known to us was unnecessary. A fragment of a sentence amounted almost to a long-winded redundancy. A gesture, a grunt, the curve of a facial line--even a significantly timed pause yielded informational juice.” LongLinesKnownSpeechSentencesGesturesUnnecessaryPausesCurvesFragmentsJuiceFacialGruntRedundancy Book:Second foundation Source: Second foundation