Altmeyer Quotes & Sayings

The fact is that very few of us know what words mean; fewer still take the trouble to enquire. We calmly, we carelessly assume that our minds are identical with that of the writer, at least on that point; and then we wonder that there should be misunderstandings!
The fact is (again!) that usually we don't really want to know; it is so very much easier to drift down the river of discourse, "lazily, lazily, drowsily, drowsily, In the noonday sun."
Why is this so satisfactory? Because although we may not know what a word means, most words have a pleasant or unpleasant connotation, each for himself, either because of the ideas or images thus begotten, of hopes or memories stirred up, or merely for the sound of the word itself. — Aleister Crowley

Her spirits danced within her, as she danced in her
chair. — Jane Austen

We have to get them into your boat quickly. Is there a dark room, a cave, anywhere dark we can take them?" Gary asked. He was already lifting Savannah into his arms.
LaRue watched him carry her to his boat. "A hospital would be good." He made the suggestion in a soft, reasonable tone, as if he feared Gary had lost his mind. — Christine Feehan

Only boys who have been handsome from a young age have that arrogance in their smile. — Veronica Roth

You're not going to lose me. Never that. I'm always going to be here. — Maya Banks

I still believe that something is right only when it feels right. — Brian Wilson

You mean you prostituted yourself out to the masses? To draw them away? That was sweet. — Nichole Chase