In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.
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I travel light as light, That is, as a man can travel who will; Still carry his body around because; Of its sentimental value.Christopher Fry
Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement.
Christopher Fry
Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time.
Christopher Fry
I sometimes think; His critical judgement is so exquisite; It leaves us nothing to admire except his opinion.
Christopher Fry
The first of our senses which we should take care never to let rust through disuse is that sixth sense, the imagination. I mean the wide-open eye which leads us to see truth more vividly, to apprehend more broadly, to concern ourselves more deeply, to be, all our life long, sensitive and awake to the powers and responsibilities given to us as human beings.
Christopher Fry
The dark is light enough.
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