George Selden Quotes & Sayings

Chester's playing filled the station. Like ripples around a stone dropped into still water, the circles of silence spread out from the newsstand. And as people listened, a change came over their faces. Eyes that looked worried grew soft and peaceful; tongues left off chattering; and ears full of the city's rustling were rested by the cricket's melody. — George Selden

Talent is something rare and beautiful and precious,
and it must not be allowed to go to waste. — George Selden

Neatness was not one of the things he aimed at in life. — George Selden

I guess I'm just feeling Septemberish. — George Selden

Just this once, in the very heart of the busiest of cities, everyone was perfectly content not to move and hardly to breathe. And for those few minutes, while the song lasted, Times Square was still as a meadow at evening, with the sun streaming in on the people there and the wind moving among them as if they were only tall blades of grass. — George Selden