M. H. Abrams (1912–2015) American literary theorist
Cornell Chronicle interview (1999)
M. H. Abrams (1912–2015) American literary theorist
Cornell Chronicle interview (1999)
Barbara Seaman (1935–2008) American journalist
[Sarah Boxes, The Contraception Conundum: It's Not Just Birth Control Anymore, The New York Times, 1997-06-22, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEFD6153BF931A15755C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2, 2008-02-09]
“I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there’s a life after that, I’ll love you then.”
Cassandra Clare book City of Glass
Jace to Clary, pg. 331
Variant: There is no pretending, I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then.
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Glass (2009)
“in due time you'll learn there is life after a lost love!”
Brenda Jackson (1953) American writer
Source: Perfect Timing
“Old age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived.”
Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist
Drawn and Quartered (1983)
Shi Nai'an (1296–1372) Chinese writer
Variant translation by Lin Yutang: "A man should not marry after thirty if he is not already married, and should not enter the government service if he is not already in the service. At fifty, he should not start to raise a family, and at sixty should not travel abroad. This is because there is a time for everything; done out of season and time, there may be more disadvantages than advantages. One wakes up at dawn completely refreshed, washes his face and puts on the headdress, has his breakfast; chews willow branches [for brightening his teeth], and attends to various things. Before he knows it he asks is it noon, and is told it is long past noon. As the morning goes, so goes the afternoon, and as one day passes, so pass the 36,000 days of one's life. If one is going to be upset by this thought, how can one ever enjoy life? I often wonder at a statement that such and such a person is so many years old. By this one means an accumulation of years. But where have the years accumulated? Can one lay hold of them and count them? This shows that the me of the past has long vanished. Moreover, when I have completed this sentence, the preceding sentence has already vanished. That is the tragedy." (The Importance of Understanding, 1960; pp. 83–84)
Preface to Water Margin
Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)
Vanna Bonta Talks Sex in Space (Interview - Femail magazine)
Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet
Thoughts and Glimpses (1916-17)