Awful Truth

Famous quotes containing the words awful and/or truth:

“When awful darkness and silence reign
Over the great Gromboolian plain,
Through the long, long wintry nights;—”
—Edward Lear (1812–1888)

“We are not concerned about the historical truth of this, but rather a higher poetical truth. We seem to hear the music of a thought, and care not if the understanding be not gratified.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)