A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Into each life some rain must fall.
The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.
Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
You will begin to wonder that human daring ever achieved anything so magnificent.
John Ruskin (Mornings in Florence)
This is the fairest picture on our planet, the most enchanting to look upon, the most satisfying to the eye and the spirit. To see the sun sink down, drowned on his pink and purple and golden floods, and overwhelm Florence with tides of color that make all the sharp lines dim and faint and turn the solid city to a city of dreams, is a sight to stir the coldest nature, and make a sympathetic one drunk with ecstasy.
Mark Twain (Autobiography)
Under the shadow of a stately Pile,
The dome of Florence, pensive and alone,
Nor giving heed to aught that passed the while,
I stood, and gazed upon a marble stone,
The laurelled Dante's favourite seat. A throne,
The dome of Florence, pensive and alone,
Nor giving heed to aught that passed the while,
I stood, and gazed upon a marble stone,
The laurelled Dante's favourite seat. A throne,
Among the four old bridges that span the river, the Ponte Vecchio, that bridge which is covered with the shops of jewelers and goldsmiths, is a most enchanting feature in the scene. The space of one house, in the center, being left open, the view beyond, is shown as in a frame; and that precious glimpse of sky, and water, and rich buildings, shining so quietly among the huddled roofs and gables on the bridge, is exquisite.
If you don't fall in love with me, at least you will fall in love with Florence.
Lino in From Scratch - Season 1 Episode 1
Amy: "I wanna see everything while I still can. The David, the cathedral at the Duomo, the Uffizi Gallery, the Ponte Vecchio."
Sloane: "Okay, then what are you gonna do on your second week? Florence and Europe are a lot more than what's in guidebooks."
Amy: "I'm up for whatever's free."
Sloane: "Take a lover. That's fun. And free."
Sloane: "Okay, then what are you gonna do on your second week? Florence and Europe are a lot more than what's in guidebooks."
Amy: "I'm up for whatever's free."
Sloane: "Take a lover. That's fun. And free."
Sloane in From Scratch - Season 1 Episode 1
Piece of advice: Avoid Americans. You'll never experience Florence if you hang out with only them.
Sloane in From Scratch - Season 1 Episode 1
And when I thought of Florence, it was like a miracle city embalmed and like a corolla, because it was called the city of lilies and its cathedral, St. Mary of the Flowers.
At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
Fire's hunger, its destructive burn, demands respect. It immotales and clears the path for new growth.
Elementarmagier - Charaktererstellung in Guild Wars
2I survived because the fire inside burned brighter than the fire around me.
Joshua Graham in Fallout
1The brighter a lady shines, the faster she may burn.
Lady Whistledown in Bridgerton - Season 1 Episode 1
1Eternity is instantaneous, and an instant is eternal.
Archer in Fate/stay night
Eternity stretches things out over a long time. But each moment within it becomes all the more fragile.
Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.
To me, the very definition of the word "broken" suggests that something can be fixed.
Elijah Mikaelson in The Originals - Season 1 Episode 8
15Peeta: "I would love to stop this moment, here and now, and live in it forever."
Suzanne Collins - Catching Fire
32Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.
High temperatures makes substances expand. That means I'm not fat, I'm hot!
I'm not saying it's brutally hot in my attic apartment, but two Hobbits just threw a ring in here.
There can be no balance with a hand on the scale.
If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.
Donald Tusk (about German soldiers helping with floodings in Poland) - September 2024