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“Many works of the past complete what they announce they are going to do, to our increasing boredom. Certain others plague me because I cannot follow their intentions. I can tell at a glance what Fabritius is doing, but I am spending my life trying to find out what Rembrandt was up to.”

Trying I Can Past Artist Certain Intention Spending Boredom Glances Plague

Author:Philip Guston

“Forgotten tones of love recur to us, and kind glances shine out of the past--oh so bright and clear!--oh so longed after!--because they are out of reach; as holiday music from within a prison wall--or sunshine seen through the bars; more prized because unattainable--more bright because of the contrast of present darkness and solitude, whence there is no escape.”

Love Kind Past Darkness Clear Wall Solitude Prison Shining Forgotten Bars Tone Holiday Sunshine Contrast Glances Unattainable Prison Walls

Book:The works of William Makepeace Thackeray

Source: The works of William Makepeace Thackeray

“A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and enflame him; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess 'em.”

Men Love Giving Eye Past Forget Ems Prize Pairs Dozen Glances Dazzle Bright Eyes

Book:Henry Esmond: The English Humourists; The Four Georges

Source: Henry Esmond: The English Humourists; The Four Georges

“While we may open the books of the past, we may but grant flying glances of the future, through the mist that veils it.”

May Book Past Flying Grants Glances Veils Mist

Book:Kull: Exile of Atlantis

Source: Kull: Exile of Atlantis