Buttonless Shirt Quotes & Sayings

How could he say all this? It amounted to a lifetime. He could try to find the words, but they would never hold the same meaning for her that they did for him. "My house," he would say; and the image that would spring to her head would be of her own. There was no saying it. — Rachel Joyce

For the fiction students I teach, one of the most common mistakes is to start in the wrong place. Often the actual story doesn't begin until about a third of the way into their narratives. They start off instead with excessive scene-setting, metaphysical speculation, introducing nonessential dramatis personae, throat-clearing, etc. — Darin Strauss

Given the fact that I have a family and responsibilities, it's the mark of a man to find the courage to do what is right in the face of oppressive evil. — John Rhys-Davies

Teach me the happy art of attending to things temporal with a mind intent on things eternal. — Various Puritans

It's us or you people; that's what he says. And I believe him." "They believed Hitler, too. But you don't believe him; you're just scared gutless of him. — Stephen King

There's an impression that actors make a lot of choices. I just take what's there. — Christopher Walken