
“You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.”
O'Flaherty V.C. (1919)
1910s
Source: Heartbreak House
“You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.”
O'Flaherty V.C. (1919)
1910s
Source: Heartbreak House
“O pastoral heart of England! like a psalm
Of green days telling with a quiet beat.”
Poem Ode upon Eckington Bridge, River Avon, in Poems and Ballads, 1896
“One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless.”
Source: A Spell for Chameleon
“Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart.”
“One day you'll find a love, and then we can talk on equal terms.”
ibid
Drenai series, Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf
Context: One day you'll find a love, and then we can talk on equal terms. I do not mean that to sound patronizing. You are bright and intelligent. You have courage and wit. But sometimes, it is like trying to describe colors to a blind man. Love, as I hope you will find, has great power. Even death cannot destroy it. And I still love her.