As a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them outside the bounds of social decency. Tess of the d' Urbervilles, Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina lived large in my imagination. The naughty girls of Hollywood films flirted and knew how to drive. Bharati Mukherjee
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination.
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John Keats
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
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Oscar Wilde
Whether divine or human, it is precisely the imagination that fashions and recognizes the universe as meaningful, abiding, and valuable, that is to say, as real.
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William K. Mahony
Shadows only come to life in our imaginations. Unfortunately for me, I've got a very vivid imagination.
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Anthony T. Hincks
Truth is a matter of the imagination.
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