Famous quotes containing the words book, seized and/or secret:
“That of all the several ways of beginning a book which are now in practice throughout the known world, I am confident my own way of doing it is the bestIm sure it is the most religiousfor I begin with writing the first sentenceand trusting to Almighty God for the second.”
—Laurence Sterne (17131768)
“For rigorous teachers seized my youth,
And purged its faith, and trimmd its fire,
Showd me the high, white star of Truth,
There bade me gaze, and there aspire.
Even now their whispers pierce the gloom:
What dost thou in this living tomb?”
—Matthew Arnold (18221888)
“Hold fast your dreams!
Within your heart
Keep one still, secret spot
Where dreams may go,”
—Louise Driscoll (b. 1875)
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