Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in the memory.

Quote by George William Curtis

Topics: Love Quotes, Romance Quotes

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous...

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous...

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds...

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds...

The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.

The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!

Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!

Happiness lies first of all in health.

Happiness lies first of all in health.

While we read history we make history.

While we read history we make history.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods,...

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods,...

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

He is so old that his blood type was discontinued.

He is so old that his blood type was discontinued.

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

It is not observed in history that families improve with time.

It is not observed in history that families improve with time.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods,...

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods,...

The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave....

The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave....

Happiness lies, first of all, in health

Happiness lies, first of all, in health

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

The adult relation to books is one of absorbing rather than being absorbed

The adult relation to books is one of absorbing rather than being absorbed

Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into...

Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into...