Quotes About Contrast

Love and war always go together. They are the peaks of human emotion! Evil and good, beauty and ugliness

The two systems slave and free-labor are incompatible. They have never permanently existed together in one country, and they never can.

Such widely different things as war and picnics will surely show a man up.

We think-although of course, now, we very seldom Clearly think- That the other side of War is Peace.

You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope

Father was an atheist; he had even joined the Skeleton Army - a club of men who went about in masks or black faces, with ribald placards and a brass band, to make war upon the Salvation Army.

I adore war. It is like a big picnic but without the objectivelessness of a picnic. I have never been more well or more happy.

It's all a terrible tragedy. And yet, in it's details, it's great fun. And - apart from the tragedy - I've never felt happier or better in my life than in those days in Belgium.

I was wearing like, a Juicy Couture men's polo shirt. We weren't there, like, ready for war.

All the wars of the world, all the Caesars, have not the staying power of a lily in a cottage garden.

Funny,' Will said, as they picked their way through. 'Things are absolutely awful and yet people look much happier than usual. Look at them all. Bubbling.' 'They are English,' Merriman said. 'Quite right,' said Will's father. 'Splendid in adversity, tedious when safe. Never content, in fact. We're an odd lot….

Don't you own anything pink? She looked down at her bike shorts and camouflage T-shirt. —What's wrong with this? —Nothing, if you're planning to invade Cuba.

Everything was dirty and beautiful and wonderful. If she wasn't so terrified, New York City would have felt just right to her.

Alex, no pasa nada. No voy a enamorarme de ti. En cuanto las palabras salieron de su boca, Daisy notó una pequeña punzada en el corazón. Eso la asustó, porque sabía que sería una catástrofe enamorarse de él. Eran demasiado diferentes. Él era duro, serio y cínico, mientras que ella era justo lo contrario.

All the rest of it has been so nice and even. And look at this! It's all over the place! Why, it looks as if she didn't know what she was about! (After she has said this they look at each other, then start to glance back at the door. After an instant MRS HALE has pulled at a knot and ripped the sewing.)

Memory is like a long, dark street, illuminated at intervals in a light so bright that it shows up every detail. And then one plunges into the dark stretch again.

An excess of fiction could make reality seem supremely dull with its crappy dialogue and lack of coincidences

All beauty must have its imperfections, all happiness its share of sorrow.

Great beauty is often perceived by human senses as pain.

Anna was a star athlete at school, while Dawn was one of the last picks for any sporting teams. Dawn

Funny that when skies were clear, he was the storm. But in the middle of the storm…He was the calm.

Life is real, in all its complexity. And though it can be painfully difficult, it can also be unspeakably wonderful.

If Obama was the American dream—"Nowhere else on earth would my story be possible"—Trump is the American nightmare.

the kind of person who liked to have two cigarettes going at the same time.