Comte De Reynaud Quotes & Sayings

He thought often of the land from which he came,
How that whole country was a melon, pink
If seen rightly and yet a possible red. — Wallace Stevens

I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society."
"Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in that sense, you rather overrate the charms of your society. I'faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one. — Emmuska Orczy

Young children and old ladies have inspired me more than poets and philosophers. — Marty Rubin

[Internationa] Aid is just another praetorian business enterprise. — Arundhati Roy

The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model. — Jasmine Guy

If you leave your life to chance, you can't make a change. Chance may favour a prepared mind, but it doesn't create change! Will does so. — Israelmore Ayivor

Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life. — Elisabeth Elliot

A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream. — Gaston Bachelard

The notion of art as the dearly purchased outcome of an immense spiritual risk, one whose cost goes up with the entry and participation of each new player in the game — Susan Sontag

They stood in silence, looking at floorboards and corners of cornices and other such insignificances, their curiosity and compassion at the ready. They were waiting so hard that when the door cracked and Bellman appeared, they jumped. — Diane Setterfield

There are tons of people who have made great music, great art, great whatever, but you don't know about them until the people lift you to a certain height so that you could even be visible and get any kind of recognition. — Pharrell Williams

Do you have any idea how beautiful you are?" he asked hoarsely.
Minka didn't answer. She simply reached up and tangled her fingers in his hair, urging him down for a searing kiss. — Paige Tyler

I regard myself as one of the most dangerous enemies of religion — Sigmund Freud

Alan lowered the lamp flame until there was only a glimmer of light in the room. His skin burned with fever as he climbed into bed beside Huiann. He felt like a groom on his wedding night except, he reminded himself, there would be no copulation. None. Not tonight. — Bonnie Dee

She consumes me with her eyes, her fiery touch, and the ways in which she loves me. — T.H. Snyder