
“I have always — at least, ever since I can remember — had a kind of longing for death.”
Psyche
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (1956)
Charlotte Higgins, "It was 37 years ago today – and Sgt Pepper cover has still failed to pay", http://www.guardian.co.uk/thebeatles/story/0,,1230411,00.html The Guardian, 2004-06-03
Sgt. Pepper's cover
“I have always — at least, ever since I can remember — had a kind of longing for death.”
Psyche
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (1956)
“If you can't be kind, at least be vague.”
September 1997
"Quotes", The Educated Imagination (1963), Talk 1: The Motive For Metaphor http://northropfrye-theeducatedimagination.blogspot.ca/2009/08/1-motive-for-metaphor.html
Unverified, but reportedly said by Arnold on his deathbed in 1801, requesting to wear the uniform of the Colonial Army from before his defection to the British, as quoted in The Picturesque Hudson http://www.kellscraft.com/PicturesqueHudson/PicturesqueHudson08.html (1915) by Clifton Johnson
“A battle can be won before it's ever fought by choosing the right ground.”
Source: The Son of Neptune
“That vague kind of penitence which holidays awaken next morning.”
Source: The Old Curiosity Shop (1841), Ch. 40
“some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.”
“All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.”
Attributed
Source: Desktop_architects list, 2007.8.3 https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/desktop_architects/2007-August/002446.html