Famous quotes containing the words crosses, state and/or road:
“Life is like walking along a crowded streetthere always seem to be fewer obstacles to getting along on the opposite pavementand yet, if one crosses over, matters are rarely mended.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (182595)
“If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.”
—Jean Cocteau (18891963)
“A novel is a mirror carried along a high road. At one moment it reflects to your vision the azure skies at another the mire of the puddles at your feet. And the man who carries this mirror in his pack will be accused by you of being immoral! His mirror shews [sic] the mire, and you blame the mirror! Rather blame that high road upon which the puddle lies, still more the inspector of roads who allows the water to gather and the puddle to form.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (17831842)