Abse Quotes & Sayings

If people can write to each other across space, why can they not write across time too? — Ahdaf Soueif

It seems to be one of Nature's laws that the most attractive girls should have the least attractive brothers. Fillmore Nicholas had not worn well. At the age of seven he had been an extraordinarily beautiful child, but after that he had gone all to pieces; and now, at the age of twenty-five, it would be idle to deny that he was something of a mess. — P.G. Wodehouse

Toby, watch Jaden. I heard he had a bad night and is in the mood for annihilation. End of the world's not on me today, bud. Hey, Takeshi, get your fat butt off me. You're squishing the fox. There is no honor in sacrificing the fox, you ugly hedgehog. (Acheron) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Beauvoir was untouched by the criticisms; her diary was a record of one consciousness, her own: "This is what I saw and how I saw it. I have not tried to say more. — Alice Kaplan

I was hedging my bets by the time I got to college. I was interested in drama and journalism and psychology. — Hank Azaria

So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star. — F Scott Fitzgerald

I wrote a book on life coaching, because my life became my own reference point how to live. — Anupam Kher

The theme of Death is to Poetry what Mistaken Identity is to Drama. — Dannie Abse

My death is incidental, and I worry very much about my loved ones and, you know, would like to make it as easy as possible for them. Or wish I could will away whatever, you know, the sadness they will feel when I die. But for me, nothing. The world goes on. — Barbara Ehrenreich

Praying is another way of singing.You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses. — Dannie Abse

It takes a bomb under his arse to make Hitler see logic. — Joseph Goebbels

You have a beautiful classy mind
but I find you physically unattractive — Dannie Abse

Why do people hanker for the home? - security, safety. But in the name of security and safety, they don't make homes, they make prisons - and they are the jailed and they are the jailers, but because they have the keys in their own hands, they think they are free. — Rajneesh

Are all men in disguise except those crying? — Dannie Abse

You see, my son, it is not a fact that you will never face dangers. Difficulties always come, but they do not last forever. You will see that they pass away like water under a bridge. — Sarada Devi

Oh my God, I'd forgotten what this felt like."
"Not a lot of huggers in Hollywood, huh?"
"None like this - holy shit. Okay, I'm just going to kind of slump into you now. So if you're averse to that, say before I'm swamping your helpless body."
"I don't mind if you swamp."
"Are you sure? Because I think I'm a fumbling virgin at this."
"You're doing fine. In fact I think I'm close to a cuddling orgasm. — Charlotte Stein

Leave my soul alone, leave my soul alone — Dannie Abse

I know the colour rose, and it is lovely, But not when it ripens in a tumour; And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike, In limbs that fester are not springlike. — Dannie Abse

Dubai must crack down on rampant smuggling, and the U.A.E. federal government has significantly stepped up pressure. — Elliott Abrams

The only reason I started using samples was because people talked about me not sounding like Kanye or The Heatmakers. — Rahki

The abuser's desire to abuse is not created by the child - it is there before the child appears — Carolyn Ainscough

I hope to go into a poem sober and come out a little drunk. And if I do then that's a real poem. — Dannie Abse

In all emotional conflicts, the thing you find the most difficult to do, is the thing that you should do.
Meyer's Law — John D. MacDonald