Jules Massenet quotes
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“I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations which are as many as they are useless; at last I am living in the scintillating splendor of the stars, each of which used to seem to me as large as millions of suns.”
-- Jules MassenetSource : Jules Massenet (1971). “My Recollections (1848-1912).”
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“If I were to agree to write the music for your beautiful poem, it would tie your poem up for some years as I have agreements and obligations which I must respect.”
-- Jules Massenet
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Source : A. R. Ammons (1998). “Glare”, p.10, W. W. Norton & Company
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“The raven spread out its glossy wings and departed like hope.”
Source : Cecilia Dart-Thornton (2007). “The Battle of Evernight: Bitterbynde 3”, p.363, Tor Australia
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“The Heavenly City already exists and the departed Saints are already there!”
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Source : Abraham Coles (1866). “The Microcosm: A Poem, Read Before the Medical Society of New Jersey at Its Centenary Anniversary: with the Address Delivered as President, Jan. 24, 1866”, p.79
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