Imagined

Famous quotes containing the word imagined:

“War was then no longer this noble and unified outburst of souls in love with glory that he had imagined from Napoleon’s proclamations.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)

“She shut her eyes
and imagined her lover on the bed,
hugged herself tight
with her own loose-bangled arms.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)

“The most stupendous scenery ceases to be sublime when it becomes distinct, or in other words limited, and the imagination is no longer encouraged to exaggerate it. The actual height and breadth of a mountain or a waterfall are always ridiculously small; they are the imagined only that content us.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)