Diane Ackerman book A Natural History of the Senses
Source: A Natural History of the Senses (1990), Chapter 3 “Taste” (p. 130)
“At our age, loneliness can seem so permanent.”
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Variant: There is a loneliness in this world so great
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Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell
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Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
"The Common Language of Science", a broadcast for Science, Conference, London, 28 September 1941. Published in Advancement of Science, London, Vol. 2, No. 5. Reprinted in Ideas and Opinions (1954), the quote appearing on this page http://books.google.com/books?id=OeUoXHoAJMsC&lpg=PP1&pg=PT357#v=onepage&q&f=false. <br class="br">1940s
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Source: On the Heights of Despair (1934)