64801 Quotes & Sayings

Music has become more pervasive and portable than ever. But it feels less previous in the bargain. I don't want to confuse artistic and commercial value, but it's just a fact that some kid who rips an album for free isn't going to give it the same attention he would if it cost him ten bucks. At what point does convenience become spiritual indolence? I realize this makes me sound like an old fart, but sometimes I get nostalgic for the days when the universe of recorded sound wasn't at our fingertips, when we had to hunt and wait and - horror of horrors - do without, when our longing for a particular record or song made it feel sacred. — Steve Almond

When I was a teenager, I had trouble getting a boyfriend, so I imagined Arthur Rimbaud or Bob Dylan as my boyfriend. — Patti Smith

They fell, but o'er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save. — Francis Marion Crawford

I made my mind up that this evening, after work, I would start taking applications for a new official sub. I — Teresa Mummert

There is a book waiting for him upon the library table; his eyes fancy they still follow its lines of type, his head still runs upon its argument, his fingers itch to take it up again. — Susanna Clarke

It is a great thing to be young and to live without pain. And yet it is a blessing few of us count until we lose it. — Geraldine Brooks

If it would've been me, I would've left Hutch out of it. 'Cause Hutch, he was mean. — James Ellroy

One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living are very low, and this creates a fundamental unease and discomfort in entire populations. — Ralph Merkle

Tell me what matters," BZ said.
Nothing," Maria said. — Joan Didion

It is a fearful mistake to believe that because our wishes are not accomplished they can do no harm. — Gertrude The Great

Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia. — Ambrose Bierce