“You speak English beautifully, which means you can't be English.”
― Robert Aickman, quote from The Wine-Dark Sea
“It is amazing how full a life a man can lead without for one moment being alive at all, except sometimes when sleeping.”
― Robert Aickman, quote from The Wine-Dark Sea
“Enchanted islands are hard to understand,' he said. 'I've always thought that. It worried me even as a child. The trouble is that you can never be sure where the enchantment begins and where it ends.”
― Robert Aickman, quote from The Wine-Dark Sea
“Dreams, [...], are misleading, because they make life seem real. When it loses the support of dreams, life dissolves.”
― Robert Aickman, quote from The Wine-Dark Sea
“No milk. It is black coffee, pure but strong, that fortifies against the powers of darkness with which the world is filled.”
― Robert Aickman, quote from The Wine-Dark Sea
“Things mechanical are like the ladies,’ continued Toby. ‘You need to understand their ways. If you understand them, they’ll do what you want from the start. If you don’t, they’ve got you. And then God help you.”
― Robert Aickman, quote from The Wine-Dark Sea
Robert Aickman
Born place: in London, The United Kingdom
Born date June 27, 1914
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“The opposite of fear," Dienekes said, "is love.”
― Steven Pressfield, quote from Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
“با آنان از جنگ سخن گفت، از کشورهایی که چون مرغان لاشخور که بر سر مرداری میجنگند، در طلب غنائم باهم جنگ میکنند، آنگاه با افسوس فراوان افزود که چون کشور ازاینپس جمهوری شده، مثل کشورهای کافر دیگر عمل خواهد کرد. شنیدند که میگفت روز سرور ابلیس فرارسیده!”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, quote from The War of the End of the World
“Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, quote from A Wind in the Door
“Typical" Kisten said, his eyes dramatically sad. "Try to do something nice for a person, cheer her up, and what do I get? Abused and robbed.”
― Kim Harrison, quote from Every Which Way But Dead
“If you love a man for his honesty, you cannot become angry when he shows it.”
― Sarah Dunant, quote from The Birth of Venus
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