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Hampton Sides Quote: “I don’t concentrate on any one…”

I don’t concentrate on any one period of history; I like to locate my stories in wildly different eras and places. I seem to be drawn to large, sprawling, uncomfortable swaths of American history, finding embedded within them a tight narrative that involves strife, heroism, and survival under difficult circumstances.

October 26, 2021 1962, American, Hampton Sides, Quotes by Historians

Tacitus Quote: “Prosperity is the measure or touchstone…”

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

October 17, 2021 55, Quotes by Historians, Roman, Tacitus

Rainer Maria Rilke Quote: “For one human being to love…”

For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.

October 14, 2021 1875, December 4, German, Quotes by Poets, Rainer Maria Rilke

Shunryu Suzuki Quote: “Without accepting the fact that everything…”

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. Unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

October 12, 2021 1904, Japanese, May 18, Quotes by Leaders, Shunryu Suzuki

Henri Frederic Amiel Quote: “Doing easily what others find difficult…”

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

September 24, 2021 1821, Henri Frederic Amiel, Quotes by Philosophers, September 27, Swiss

Elizabeth Bibesco Quote: “It is better not to sit…”

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

September 13, 2021 1897, British, Elizabeth Bibesco, February 26, Quotes by Poets

Thom Gunn Quote: “It was difficult being a teacher…”

It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the ’50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change!

September 8, 2021 1929, August 29, British, Quotes by Poets, Thom Gunn

Tariq Ali Quote: “It is as difficult to define…”

It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.

September 7, 2021 1943, October 21, Pakistani, Quotes by Historians, Tariq Ali

Natasha Trethewey Quote: “In my own life, I believe…”

In my own life, I believe it was an early education in poetical metaphor that helped me to grapple with and make sense of all the difficult and traumatic things that were to come.

August 23, 2021 1966, American, April 26, Natasha Trethewey, Quotes by Poets

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quote: “It is difficult to know at…”

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.

August 17, 2021 1807, American, February 27, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Quotes by Poets

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