Quote#Love
The West is the fitting tomb for all the sorrow and the sighing, all…
Quote byLewis Carroll · 1832–1898
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sylvie and Bruno (1889), Chapter 25 : Looking Eastward.
English (original)
The West is the fitting tomb for all the sorrow and the sighing, all the errors and the follies of the Past: for all its withered Hopes and all its buried Loves! From the East comes new strength, new ambition, new Hope, new Life, new Love! Look Eastward! Aye, look Eastward!"
— Lewis Carroll
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