WIST Quotations

Barrie, James -- The Little Minister, ch. 24 “The New World, and the Woman Who May Not Dwell Therein” (1891)

Dave — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:41:14 +0000

Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.

J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [James Matthew Barrie]
The Little Minister, ch. 24 “The New World, and the Woman Who May Not Dwell Therein” (1891)
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Shakespeare, William -- All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 89ff (1.1.89-97) (1602?)

Dave — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 17:41:51 +0000

HELENA: There is no living, none,
If Bertram be away. ’Twere all one
That I should love a bright particular star
And think to wed it, he is so above me.
In his bright radiance and collateral light
Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
Th’ ambition in my love thus plagues itself:
The hind that would be mated by the lion
Must die for love.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 89ff (1.1.89-97) (1602?)
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McLaughlin, Mignon -- The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 4 (1963)

Dave — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 17:34:55 +0000

Nostalgia for what we have lost is more bearable than nostalgia for what we have never had, for the first involves knowledge and pleasure, the second only ignorance and pain.

Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 4 (1963)
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