Quote by Walter Pater
Experience, already reduced to a group of impressions, is ringed r

Experience, already reduced to a group of impressions, is ringed round for each one of us by that thick wall of personality through which no real voice has ever pierced on its way to us, or from us to that which we can only conjecture to be without. – Walter Pater

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To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life. – Walter Pater

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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects. – Walter Pater

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I am the the type to have a personal experience with a celebrity, but Im too classy to bring that up. – Todd Barry

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However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one individual so that their desires become superior to yours is a very cleansing experience. – Jeanette Winterson

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You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. – Albert Camus

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My advice would be to write what is most personal and specific to your experience or your life. And your voice will emerge and because of its specificity, it will be universal. – David Schwimmer

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People live like birds in the woods: When the time comes, each must take flight. – Chinese Proverb

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My life has been a gift up to this point, and Ive been blessed beyond my wildest imagination. And wherever this ride takes me is where Im going. – Sean Hannity

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