Quotes About Mirrlees

Let mental suffering be intense enough, and it becomes a sort of carminative.

fairy was delusion, so was the law. At any rate, it was a sort of magic, moulding reality into any shape it chose.

With each word her voice rose higher, like a soaring bird. But at the last word it was as if the bird when it had reached the ceiling suddenly fell down dead

Sentimentality is a quality that rarely has the slightest influence on action.

Bij de Zon, Maan en Sterren en de Gouden Appels van het Westen!

Reason I know, is only a drug, and, as such, its effects are never permanent. But, like the juice of the poppy, it often gives a temporary relief.