Steven William Lawrie Quotes & Sayings

The happiest days of our lives [are] days such as this when one's work [begins] to reach fruition and to assume the contours of its imminent completion.

(A. Herzbruch, in A Murder at Dragon Bay) — Steven William Lawrie

It is hieroglyphic that will last, not stone heads. The future belongs to the word, not the image.

(The mason Mutsose, in Achet-Aten). — Steven William Lawrie

Who else would think to take running notes? With your nose rubbing constantly against the pages of scribbled life, while life, the real McCoy, lifted two fingers at you and went tumbling into the surf with a flock of Tahitian girls. Flowers in their hair and laughter on their lips.

(Crossstitch, in Island of Nothing) — Steven William Lawrie