Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.

Quote by Richard Burton

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I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the...

I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the...

How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the...

How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the...

An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than...

An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than...

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything...

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything...

There is no Heaven, there is no Hell; These are the dreams of baby minds;...

There is no Heaven, there is no Hell; These are the dreams of baby minds;...

This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.

This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.

When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to...

When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to...

Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.

Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.

They lard their lean books with the fat of others work.

They lard their lean books with the fat of others work.

The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional.

The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional.

You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me...

You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me...

Travelers are like poets. They are mostly an angry race.

Travelers are like poets. They are mostly an angry race.

If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.

If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that...

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that...

I might run from her for a thousand years and she is still my baby...

I might run from her for a thousand years and she is still my baby...

If you drink it straight down, you can feel it going into each individual intestine.

If you drink it straight down, you can feel it going into each individual intestine.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship...

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship...

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.

Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.

Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the...

Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the...