A1now Quotes & Sayings

The artist has a duty to be calm. He has no right to show his emotion, his involvement, to go pouring it all out at the audience. Any excitement over a subject must be sublimated into an Olympian calm of form. That is the only way in which an artist can tell of the things that excite him. — Andrei Tarkovsky

Make no mistake about it, Clot: I'm a real writer. I don't have the least intention of being happy, naturally. — Rafael Reig

I have never discovered that the nude could be studied in any way except the way I have adopted. All the muscles must be pointed out. To do this all the drapery must be removed. — Thomas Eakins

When I look at him, I don't see the cowardly young man who sold me out to Jeanine Matthews, and i don't hear the excuses he gave afterward.
When I look at him, I see the boy who held my hand in the hospital when our mother broke her wrist and told me it would be all right. I see the brother who told me to make my own choices, the night before the Choosing Ceremony. I think of all the remarkable things he is
smart and enthusiastic and observant, quiet and earnest and kind. — Veronica Roth

Just because you're alive doesn't mean you're living. — Val Richards

I thanked God for having led me through the labyrinth of darkness to the only point at which the voices of my companions could reach me. (p. 122) — Jules Verne

If I were a tree among trees, a cat among animals, this life would have a meaning or rather this problem would not arise, for I should belong to this world. I should be this world to which I am opposed by my whole consciousness and my whole insistence upon familiarity. This ridiculous reason is what sets me in opposition to all creation. I cannot cross it out with a stroke of the pen — Albert Camus

And thank you for saying all of that, and for loving me, for you haven't gone unloved, or unadmired, yourself. — V.C. Andrews

It wasn't personal - more of a "been there, done that, got my lifetime supply of psychological trauma" kind of thing. — Joanna Wylde

If they became possessive and demanded exclusive attention, he disappeared completely, filling them with great misery and longing. They realized that bliss comes when love is shared with all. — Devdutt Pattanaik

It's not the Mistletoe Knight that these knights are coming for. It's the girl. Lady Jaclyn." "The girl?" Blaise echoed. "She is rumored to be the fairest in the land. Most of these men have come in hopes of winning the land, not for the castle, but for the woman. — Laurel O'Donnell

And vinegar that makes them sour - and camomile that makes them bitter - and - and barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered. I only wish people knew that: then they wouldn't be so stingy about it, you know - — Lewis Carroll

It's very dangerous to wave to people you don't know because what if they don't have hands? They'll think you're cocky. — Mitch Hedberg

Prayer without faith is as futile as a body without breathe. — Robin Bertram