
“The whole drama of the world is such tragedy that I am weary of the spectacle.”
The Tempter (1937)
“The whole drama of the world is such tragedy that I am weary of the spectacle.”
“When the superficial wearies me, it wearies me so much that I need an abyss in order to rest.”
Cuando lo superficial me cansa, me cansa tanto, que para descansar necesito un abismo.
Voces (1943)
“I am not resting until I die. I am not doing this for myself, but for the country.”
Quoted in [Caroline, McClatchey, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7250241.stm, Al Fayed states his position on the Diana inquest, BBC, February 18, 2007, 2007-3-18]
Leaves Of Morya's Garden (1924 - 1925), Book I : The Call (1924)
“For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”
"The Peace of Wild Things" in Green River Review, No. 1 (1968).
Context: I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
“May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then.”
Source: Wuthering Heights
Source: Translations, The Tale of Genji (1925–1933), Ch. 40: 'The Law'
Statement made in Hanover (1755), quoted in Isaac Kramnick, Bolingbroke and His Circle: The Politics of Nostalgia in the Age of Walpole (Cornell University Press, 2018), pp. 113–114