Assommoir Quotes & Sayings

All who have brought about a state of sex-consciousness are to blame, and it is they who drive me, when I want to stretch my faculties on a book, to seek it in that happy age ... when the writer used both sides of his mind [the male and female sides of his mind] equally. One must turn back to Shakespeare then, for Shakespeare was androgynous; and so were Keats and Sterne and Cowper and Lamb and Coleridge. Shelley perhaps was sexless. Milton and Ben Jonson had a dash too much of the male in them. So had Wordsworth and Tolstoy. — Virginia Woolf

In 1940, President Roosevelt called on American industry to become the 'great arsenal of democracy.' Automotive manufacturers in Michigan responded and converted their assembly lines from cars to tanks and helped America win World War II. — Sander Levin

Spintharus, speaking in commendation of Epaminondas, says he scarce ever met with any man who knew more and spoke less. — Plutarch

Run along now while I show off my new acquisition. No one below has feathers. I'll be the envy of hell. — Susan Ee

Clare wasn't worried anymore about their being mean to each other. She imagined that someday she's be part of a friendship in which she and the friend thought so highly of each other and were so sure or this that they could say anything. — Marisa De Los Santos

One who has known only a sweet and easy life could never do anything to move another's soul. That goes for the observer as well. That's why hardship isn't without its merits, either. I'm sure this will be a trying time for you. You may face even more trying times in the future. But whether you choose to make it your leg-iron or your shield is all up to you. — Hotaru Odagiri

I don't need a Hollywood girl. They're crazy. If you're with an actress, you don't know who you're going to come home to every day. But I wouldn't mind a relationship with the right girl. Every artist needs a muse. — JC Chasez

Perfect silence. This in response to Sully's key being turned in the ignition of the pickup. — Richard Russo

True villains are extremely photogenic. — Wallace Stevens