There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle, with pennants waving and cannon roaring, before there can be peaceful treaties and enthusiastic shaking of hands. – Mary Elizabeth Braddon
And, as I have said, its made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits arent external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five. – James Merrill
I always liked the magic of poetry but now Im just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how theyve used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there. – David Knopfler
Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action. – Friedrich Schiller
