Thomas Carlyle Quotes

O Heaven, it is mysterious, it is awful to consider that we not only carry each a future Ghost within him; but are, in very deed, Ghosts!

Thomas Carlyle

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• Working in Birmingham for the first time was the best thing, especially as it was round the corner from my mum's house in Harborne!

  

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• I knew her work very well and I knew that if she offered me a role in her movie, it wouldn't be something stupid. So I agreed to do the film before I read the script.

  

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• Awkwardness gives me great comfort.

  

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• I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.

  

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• O Heaven, it is mysterious, it is awful to consider that we not only carry each a future Ghost within him; but are, in very deed, Ghosts!

  

  Thomas Carlyle
  • Heaven
  • Consider
  • Ghost