Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam Professions : Writer Born : November 7, 1838 Died : August 19, 1889 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam I am a man who knows nothing, guesses sometimes, finds frequently and who's always amazed. Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam amazed sometimes men Every human occupation has it repertoire of stock phrases, within which every man twists and turn until his death. His vocabulary, which seems so lavish, reduces itself to a hundred routine formulas at most, which he repeats over and over. Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam twists vocabulary men Brunettes are full of electricity. Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam brunette electricity I have come with this message: since our gods and our aspirations are no longer anything but scientific, why shouldn't our loves be so too? Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam aspiration age love Uncertainty is a quality to be cherished, therefore – if not for it, who would dare to undertake anything? Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam dare quality ifs If our Gods and our hopes are nothing but scientific phenomena, then let us admit it must be said that our love is scientific as well. Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam our-love said love-is My own self-consciousness cries out to me coldly: how does one love zero? Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam zero self doe Thoughts and feelings change sometimes, as one crosses the frontiers. Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam crosses feelings sometimes There are some wounds that one can heal only by deepening them and making them worse. Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam wounds get-well heal Dead voices, lost sounds, forgotten noises, vibrations lockstepping into the abyss and now too distant ever to be recaptured!...What sort of arrows would be able to transfix such birds? Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam arrows voice bird Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors
