David Bronkhorst > David's Quotes

“Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard II

“I'll give my jewels for a set of beads,
My gorgeous palace for a hermitage,
My gay apparel for an almsman's gown,
My figured goblets for a dish of wood,
My scepter for a palmer's walking staff
My subjects for a pair of carved saints
and my large kingdom for a little grave.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard II

“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“You mustn't be so afraid of life - it's all we've got. Don't let it hurt you so much.”
― Anna Kavan

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do.”
― Helen Keller