F. E. Marsh Quotes

The will of God - nothing less, nothing more, nothing else.

You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and a mastery over words.

There is no mile as long the final one that leads back home.

Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption, still less for profligate waste.

Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.

The improvement of forest trees is the work of centuries. So much more the reason for beginning now.

The great question, whether man is of nature or above her.

Sight is a faculty; seeing is an art.

Faith sees the unseen things and makes them real.

One of the outcomes of a Spirit-filled life is a new illumination to understand God's Word.

It is a curious thing that when one speaks from the heart it is invariably in the worst of taste.

No coffee is ever quite as good as it smells.

if you go through life looking for insults, you may be comfortably assured of finding them.

Above all things-read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.

As usual she had a deceptive air of perspicacity.

One should have the courage of one's loneliness.

Expectation is the springboard of achievement.

Eskimos are uncivilised because they don't have any shops.

For so long I hid behind the blonde hair and the blue eyes. Now I feel like I've done it, I've done what I set out to achieve, now I can just go back to being me.

Wherever modern Science has exploded a superstitious fable or even a picturesque error, she has replaced it with a grander and even more poetical truth.

Custom makes monsters of us all.

No art should be fashionable.

It is possible to reclaim your future, to build a happy life despite an imperfect past. We can order the universe to our will and mind.

You can not be the judge of another's wishes. If you love someone, you must believe that they know what is best for themselves.

Women are important in the Pre-Raphaelite movement. But while their faces are seen everywhere- in oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, - their voices are never heard.

Is an egg a vegetable?

The worst person to be in the celebrity Big Brother house with would be Peter Andre - cos I hate his Missus.

When I wear a really nice and classy dress out, the papers never print it.

To be loved is the birthright of every mewling babe, but, once grown, a man is not assured of such affection.

I have an acute sense of delicacy. Naturally I am prejudiced in favour of virtue.("The Accursed Cordonnier")

It is well if you go in for revenge to make it as complete as possible.("The Vengeance Of The Dead")

Perhaps the prayer that is offered when the time for praying is over is more terribly pathetic than any other. Yet one might hesitate to say that this prayer was unanswered.("The Undying Thing")

Modernity kills ghostly romance("The Undying Thing")

Is not our capacity to choose, to chase, to dream of becoming other than we are, more powerful then the patterns of the stars?

Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.

Who controls the words controls your thoughts.

Direct democracy is lazy anarchy, for people who don't want to be governed but are too lazy to govern themselves. They want participation served to them.

Where there is society there is no need for charity.

Penny knew also she loved the country for its beauty. Cities could be magnificent, astounding, fantastic, but they were not consistently beautiful and simple. Penny liked uncomplicated beauty.

And with the melody came the unmistakable sound of water slapping against the rocks far below us, slowly eroding the foundation of Port Coire and everything I loved.

All of society’s problems which could be solved by money, were caused by money.

I know the difference between the confection of live as sung in a minstrel's tale and the sustaining bread of love in reality, he defended himself. Both are to be savoured in their own way.

Human rights don't trickle down.

Functional societies need algorithms which reward us for being of service to those who need it most. Instead we have algorithms which reward us for being of service to those who need it least

Where there is society, there is no need for charity.

I was told that there was nothing for me but to come here. But, as with life itself, it may not be our choice to come, but it is our choice to leave.

Everything in life is a story just waiting to be written.

All pomp and show.” Anjali’s glare at the house would’ve exploded bricks if she’d had superhuman powers. “A fat cow needs a big barn.

Quiet, by its nature, slips away unnoticed. But once it's gone, we notice.

When I write, my soul sings.