Agha Shahid Ali
Poet
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Desolation quotes
Desolation
17 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Seamus Heaney
Poet, Playwright
"It is difficult at times to repress the thought that history is about as instructive as an abattoir; that Tacitus was right and that peace is merely the desolation left behind after the decisive operations of merciless power."
Baruch Spinoza
Philosopher, Rationalist
"If slavery, barbarism and desolation are to be called peace, men can have no worse misfortune."
Jack Kerouac
Novelist, Poet
"Desolation, desolation, I owe so much to desolation."
Milan Kundera
Writer
"As you live out your desolation, you can be either unhappy or happy. Having that choice is what constitutes your freedom."
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"To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation."
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"to weep for someone who is gone is desolation, but to weep for someone who has never really existed is to lose a part of oneself."
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"There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation."
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