Hele forskjellen mellom det å konstruere og det å skape er nettopp dette: Det som er konstruert, kan bare bli elsket etterpå, mens det som er skapt, blir elsket allerede før det finnes.
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens (1911), kap.3 - Pickwick Papers.
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists, as the mother can love the unborn child.
Nasjonalitet: engelsk
Tittel: journalist
Levde: 1874 - 1936