William Francis Henry King quotes

“In literary composition a well-chosen quotation lights up the page like a fine engraving...”
-- William Francis Henry King

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“Indeed a good quotation hardly ever comes amiss. It is a pleasing break in the thread of a speech or writing, allowing the speaker or writer to retire for an instant while another and greater makes himself heard. And this calling-up of the deathless dead implies also a community of mind with them, which the reader will not grudge the author lest he should seem to deny it to himself.”
-- William Francis Henry King

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“...the curious hunter-up of rare quotations... the young and struggling scribbler...”
-- William Francis Henry King

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“...the taste of the finely-worded truth rolled upon the tongue as its thought is revolved in the mind.”
-- William Francis Henry King

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“There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture.”

“I am in awe of the things you've been put through and the fact you can still light up a room when you walk in. When I look at you I see life. I see joy. I see my future.”

Source : Abbi Glines, Colleen Hoover, Jamie McGuire (2013). “The Atria Indie Lovers Collection: Twisted Perfection, Losing Hope, and Red Hill”, p.205, Simon and Schuster

“The purely righteous do not complain of the dark, but increase the light; they do not complain of evil, but increase justice; they do not complain of heresy, but increase faith; they do not complain of ignorance, but increase wisdom.”

“When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light.”

“Everyone's life is a page in the human history irrespective of the position he or she holds or the work he or she performs.”

“Every reader has found charms by which to secure possession of a page that, by magic, becomes as if never read before, fresh and immaculate.”

“Writers are spies. Outsiders. Believers in the turning pages.”

Source : Alexis De Veaux (1974). “Spirits in the street”

“More and more I understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from.”

“We're not polishing fine china here.”

“The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.”