15237 Quotes & Sayings

The point is not to read widely so that your voice will be sort of a mutt descended from them all. The point is to read widely enough to know what delights you, what you would like to imitate, and what you want to stay away from. — Douglas Wilson

I figured that I'm going to bring my own version of Billy Flynn and do my very best with it and let it go. — Eddie George

Kell would say it was impossible. What a useless word, in a world with magic. — V.E Schwab

Time and the bell have buried the day,
The black cloud carries the sun away.
Will the sunflower turn to us, will the clematis
Stray down, bend to us; tendril and spray
Clutch and cling?
Chill
Fingers of yew be curled
Down on us? After the kingfisher's wing
Has answered light to light, and is silent, the light is still
At the still point of the turning world. — T. S. Eliot

As I think about the future the tears will come out again. — Aya Kito

My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've learned to defend it vigorously, for I am only safe with my innermost thoughts. — Christopher Paolini

Priests were illegal, saying the mass was illegal, all banned by the Revolution. — Barbara Kingsolver

I used to have a lot of envy for those musicians who have been universally loved. — Moby

The Democrats filibustered something in the Senate when I was eight years old. I don't remember what it was on and I didn't honestly care when I was eight years old. I cared about the history and the Senate rules. — Jonathan Krohn

Of all the human qualities, the one I admire the most is competence. A tailor who is really able to cut and fit a coat seems to me an admirable man, and by the same token a university professor who knows little or nothing of the thing he presumes to teach seems to me to be a fraud and a rascal. — H.L. Mencken