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Mervyn Peake Quotes

She had shown him by her independence how it was only fear that held people together. The fear of being alone and the fear of being different Picture Quote #1

It was not certain what significance the ceremony held... but the formality was no less sacred for it being unintelligible Picture Quote #1

And now, my poor old woman, why are you crying so bitterly? It is autumn. The leaves are falling from the trees like burning tears- the wind howls. Why must you mimic them? Picture Quote #1

And there shall be a flame-green daybreak soon. And love itself will cry for insurrection! For tomorrow is also a day - and Titus has entered his stronghold Picture Quote #1

There is a brotherhood among the kindly- Closer and defter and more integral- Than any of aisle or coven- For love rang out before the chapel bell Picture Quote #1

Each day we live is a glass roomUntil we break it with the thrustingOf the spirit and pass throughThe splintered walls to the green pasturesWhere the birds and buds are breakingInto fabulous song and hueBy the still waters.- Each Day We Live is a Glass Room Picture Quote #1

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Cold love’s the loveliest love of all. So clear, so crisp, so empty. In short, so civilized Picture Quote #1

I want a lot to eat, I’m going to think today Picture Quote #1

Noon, ripe as thunder and silent as thought, had fled unfingered Picture Quote #1

Mount and begone. The world awaits you Picture Quote #1

I am the wilderness lost in man Picture Quote #1

Something to remember, that: cats for missiles Picture Quote #1

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He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt Picture Quote #1

Life is too fleet for onomatopoeia Picture Quote #1

For death is life. It is only living that is lifeless Picture Quote #1

Why break the heart that never beat from love? Picture Quote #1

Oh how I hate people! Picture Quote #1

I am clever enough to know that I am clever Picture Quote #1

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Lingering is so very lonely when one lingers all alone Picture Quote #1

To live at all is miracle enough Picture Quote #1

Withdrawn and ruinous it broods in umbra: The immemorial masonry: The towers, the tracks. Is all corroding? No. Through an avenue off spires a zephyr floats; a bird whistles; a freshet bears away from a choked river Picture Quote #1

I was brooding, boy. Than which there is no richer pastime. It muffles one with rotting plumes. It gives forth sullen music. It is the smell of home Picture Quote #1

His was not the hatred that arises suddenly like a storm and as suddenly abates. It was, once the initial shock of anger and pain was over, a calculated thing that grew in a bloodless way Picture Quote #1

The crumbling castle, looming among the mists, exhaled the season, and every cold stone breathed it out. The tortured trees by the dark lake burned and dripped, their leaves snatched by the wind were whirled in wild circles through the towers. The clouds mouldered as they lay coiled, or shifted themselves uneasily upon the stone skyfield, sending up wreathes that drifted through the turrets and swarmed up hidden walls Picture Quote #1

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In the presence of real tragedy you feel neither pain nor joy nor hatred, only a sense of enormous space and time suspended, the great doors open to black eternity, the rising across the terrible field of that last enormous, unanswerable question Picture Quote #1

There are times when the air that floats between mortals becomes, in its stillness and silence, as cruel as the edge of a scythe Picture Quote #1

Cold love’s the loveliest love of all. So clear, so crisp, so empty. In short, so civilized Picture Quote #1

Each day I live in a glass room unless I break it with the thrusting of my senses and pass through the splintered walls to the great landscape Picture Quote #1

For what use are books to anyone whose days are like a rook’s nest with every twig a duty Picture Quote #1

Yet not with all of me am I in love. Too much of my own quietness is with me Picture Quote #1

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She had shown him by her independence how it was only fear that held people together. The fear of being alone and the fear of being different. (Mervyn Peake Quotes) It was not certain what significance the ceremony held... but the formality was no less sacred for it being unintelligible (Mervyn Peake Quotes) And now, my poor old woman, why are you crying so bitterly? It is autumn. The leaves are falling from the trees like burning tears- the wind howls. Why must you mimic them? (Mervyn Peake Quotes) And there shall be a flame-green daybreak soon. And love itself will cry for insurrection! For tomorrow is also a day - and Titus has entered his stronghold (Mervyn Peake Quotes) There is a brotherhood among the kindly- Closer and defter and more integral- Than any of aisle or coven- For love rang out before the chapel bell (Mervyn Peake Quotes) Each day we live is a glass roomUntil we break it with the thrustingOf the spirit and pass throughThe splintered walls to the green pasturesWhere the birds and buds are breakingInto fabulous song and hueBy the still waters.- Each Day We Live is a Glass Room (Mervyn Peake Quotes) Cold love’s the loveliest love of all. So clear, so crisp, so empty. In short, so civilized. (Mervyn Peake Quotes) I want a lot to eat, I’m going to think today (Mervyn Peake Quotes) Noon, ripe as thunder and silent as thought, had fled unfingered (Mervyn Peake Quotes) Mount and begone. The world awaits you (Mervyn Peake Quotes) I am the wilderness lost in man (Mervyn Peake Quotes) Something to remember, that: cats for missiles (Mervyn Peake Quotes) He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt (Mervyn Peake Quotes) Life is too fleet for onomatopoeia (Mervyn Peake Quotes) For death is life. It is only living that is lifeless (Mervyn Peake Quotes) Why break the heart that never beat from love? (Mervyn Peake Quotes) Oh how I hate people! (Mervyn Peake Quotes) I am clever enough to know that I am clever (Mervyn Peake Quotes) Lingering is so very lonely when one lingers all alone (Mervyn Peake Quotes) To live at all is miracle enough (Mervyn Peake Quotes) Withdrawn and ruinous it broods in umbra: The immemorial masonry: The towers, the tracks. Is all corroding? No. Through an avenue off spires a zephyr floats; a bird whistles; a freshet bears away from a choked river (Mervyn Peake Quotes) I was brooding, boy. Than which there is no richer pastime. It muffles one with rotting plumes. It gives forth sullen music. It is the smell of home (Mervyn Peake Quotes) His was not the hatred that arises suddenly like a storm and as suddenly abates. It was, once the initial shock of anger and pain was over, a calculated thing that grew in a bloodless way (Mervyn Peake Quotes) The crumbling castle, looming among the mists, exhaled the season, and every cold stone breathed it out. The tortured trees by the dark lake burned and dripped, their leaves snatched by the wind were whirled in wild circles through the towers. The clouds mouldered as they lay coiled, or shifted themselves uneasily upon the stone skyfield, sending up wreathes that drifted through the turrets and swarmed up hidden walls (Mervyn Peake Quotes) In the presence of real tragedy you feel neither pain nor joy nor hatred, only a sense of enormous space and time suspended, the great doors open to black eternity, the rising across the terrible field of that last enormous, unanswerable question (Mervyn Peake Quotes) There are times when the air that floats between mortals becomes, in its stillness and silence, as cruel as the edge of a scythe (Mervyn Peake Quotes) Cold love’s the loveliest love of all. So clear, so crisp, so empty. In short, so civilized (Mervyn Peake Quotes) Each day I live in a glass room unless I break it with the thrusting of my senses and pass through the splintered walls to the great landscape (Mervyn Peake Quotes) For what use are books to anyone whose days are like a rook’s nest with every twig a duty (Mervyn Peake Quotes) Yet not with all of me am I in love. Too much of my own quietness is with me (Mervyn Peake Quotes)

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