Jane Urquhart quotes
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“Longing for something that you once had is a mistake because the pictures in your mind are never the same as whatever it is you are longing for.”
-- Jane UrquhartSource : Jane Urquhart (2014). “Changing Heaven”, p.109, Hachette UK
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“Art is a kind of mining," he said. "The artist a variety of prospector searching for the sparkling silver of meaning in the earth.”
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“Get drunk, Austin, have a love affair. It would be a tragedy to die and discover that you hadn't completely used up your body.”
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“Racism is a destructive and artificially-manufactured element in the collective human psyche designed to fragment the natural desire of human beings to know and love one another”
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Source : 'Listener' 6 June 1963
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Source : Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.16, Lulu.com
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“The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake. You can't learn anything from being perfect.”
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“The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.”
Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.64, Delphi Classics
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“Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them”
Source : A.J Cronin (1942). “the Keys of the Kingdom”
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