Quotes with castles

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  • Henrik Ibsen Castles in the air - -they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build as well.
    Henrik Ibsen
    Norwegian dramatist (1828 - 1906)
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  • Erik H. Erikson Farms and in castles, in homes, studies, and cloisters - where sensible people manage to live relatively lusty and decent lives, as moral as they must be, as free as they may be, and as masterly as they can be. If we only knew it, this elusive arrangement is happiness.
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  • Anthony Trollope I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Henry David Thoreau If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Carlos Ruiz Zafon Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that the gothic genre has continued to flourish and evolve since the days of Bram Stoker, producing some of its most interesting and accomplished examples in the 20th century - in literature, film and beyond.
    Carlos Ruiz Zafon
    Spanish novelist (1964 - 2020)
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  • Ben Okri Reading is an act of civilization; it's one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.
    Ben Okri
    Nigerian poet and novelist (1959 - )
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  • Eliza Cook Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down?
    Eliza Cook
    English author and poet (1818 - 1889)
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  • Sir John Vanbrugh You may build castles in the air, and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please. But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so.
    Sir John Vanbrugh
    English architect and dramatist (1664 - 1726)
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