"It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London."
Thomas De Quincey quote The burden of the incommunicable. (Confessions of an English Opium Eater, 1856)
Thomas De Quincey quote Paint me an eternal tea-pot, for I usually drink tea from eight o'clock at night to four o'clock in the morning.
Thomas De Quincey quote Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.
Thomas De Quincey quote Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.
Thomas De Quincey quote Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to have hit once in so many trials, argues the most splendid talents for missing.
Thomas De Quincey quote Biography
Author of the 18th/19th century
