Gilbert Parker Quotes

The Music Throbbed In A Voice Of Singular And Delicate Power; The Air Was Resonant With Melody, Love And Pain. The Meanest Italian In The Gallery Far Up Beneath The Ceiling, The Most Exalted Of The Land In The Boxes And The Stalls, Leaned Indulgently Forward, To Be Swept By This Sweet Storm Of Song.

It Must Be Remembered That The Sea Is A Great Breeder Of Friendship. Two Men Who Have Known Each Other For Twenty Years Find That Twenty Days At Sea Bring Them Nearer Than Ever They Were Before, Or Else Estrange Them.

War Is Cruelty, And None Can Make It Gentle.

But Paying Is Part Of The Game Of Life: It Is The Joy Of Buying That We Crave.

Ah, Lady, When I Gave My Heart To Thee, It Passed Into Thy Lifelong Regency.

Love Knows Not Distance; It Hath No Continent; Its Eyes Are For The Stars, Its Feet For The Swords; It Continueth, Though An Army Lay Waste The Pasture; It Comforteth When There Are No Medicines; It Hath The Relish Of Manna; And By It Do Men Live In The Desert.

He Came By A Leap To The Goal Of Purpose, Not By The Toilsome Steps Of Reason. On The Instant His Headlong Spirit Declared His Purpose: This Was The One Being For Him In All The World: At This Altar He Would Light A Lamp Of Devotion, And Keep It Burning Forever.

Nothing Is So Unproductive As The Law. It Is Expensive Whether You Win Or Lose.

Tomorrow Is No Man's Gift.

There's No Credit In Not Doing What You Don't Want To Do. There's No Virtue In Not Falling, When You're Not Tempted.

That Which Is Loved May Pass, But Love Hath No End.

When A Child Is Born The Mother Also Is Born Again.