
“One day, we shall stand up and our backsides will remain attached to our seats.”
1980s, Cool Memories (1987, trans. 1990)
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 125.
“One day, we shall stand up and our backsides will remain attached to our seats.”
1980s, Cool Memories (1987, trans. 1990)
The Ballad of East and West (1889).
Other works
Context: Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, border, nor breed, nor birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 101.
“One of his hobbies was to wait for the American Shakespeare — a hobby more patient than angling.”
'The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) The Secret Garden
The Father Brown Mystery Series (1910 - 1927)
“Christmas tree stands are the work of the devil and they want you dead.”
Source: I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 219.
“We do not have to wait for the hereafter — it is now that we are one with Christ.”
Love One Another (audio cassette, 2002)
“Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power.”