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What induces a child to learn but his delight in knowing?

Helen Keller (2007). “My Religion”, p.170, Book Tree

Twilight was the worst hour, because it was the hour of indecision.

Helen Eustis (2015). “The Horizontal Man: A Library of America eBook Classic”, p.69, Library of America

The impressionistic method leads into a complete splitting and dissolution of all areas involved in the composition, and color is used to create an overall effect of light. The color is, through such a shading down from the highest light in the deepest shadows, sacrified an degraded to a (black-and-white) function. This leads to the destructions of the color as color.

Helmut Friedel, Tina Dickey, Hans Hofmann, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München (1998). “Hans Hofmann: Wunder Des Rhythmus und Schönheit Des Raumes : [exhibition at the Städtische Galerie Im Lenbachaus in Munich, from 23 April to 29 June 1997, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, from 12 September to 2 November 1997 ]”, p.95, Hudson Hills

Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.

Guy de Maupassant (1989). “The dark side of Guy de Maupassant”

And he beholds the moon; like a rounded fragment of ice filled with motionless light.

Gustave Flaubert (2016). “The Temptation of St. Anthony”, p.176, Gustave Flaubert

The same battle in the clouds will be known to the deaf only as lightning and to the blind only as thunder.

George Santayana, Martin A. Coleman (2009). “The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings”, p.150, Indiana University Press