Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 153.
“Hope against hope, and ask till ye receive.”
James Montgomery (1771–1854) British editor, hymn writer, and poet
The World before the Flood, Canto v. Compare: "It is to hope, though hope were lost", Anna Letitia Barbauld, Come here, Fond Youth.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Cate Tiernan (1961) American novelist
Source: Immortal Beloved
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”
Jesus (-7–30 BC) Jewish preacher and religious leader, central figure of Christianity
Mark 13:31, NWT
New Testament, The Gospel of Mark
“Do you want me to strangle him now, or wait till he’s finished annoying you?”
Charles Stross The Laundry Files
Source: The Laundry Files, The Atrocity Archives (2004), Chapter 7, “Bad Moon Rising” (p. 163)
“Hug me till you drug me, honey;
Kiss me till I'm in a coma.”
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English writer
Source: Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited
Emily Dickinson My Life had stood — a Loaded Gun
754: My Life had stood — a Loaded Gun —
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (1960)
Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Bhakti
George Meredith (1828–1909) British novelist and poet of the Victorian era
The Lark Ascending http://www.ev90481.dial.pipex.com/Meredith/lark_ascending.htm, l. 65-70 (1881).
“Beware of desp'rate steps! The darkest day
(Live till tomorrow) will have passed away.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist
"The Needless Alarm, Moral" (1794).
