Curtest Quotes & Sayings

Life, a beauty chased by tragic laughter. — John Masefield

Shake hands with Pain, give greeting unto Grief, Those angels in disguise, and thy glad soul From height to height, from star to shining star, Shall climb and claim blest immortality. — Thomas Jefferson

Both were men who knew the frontier code and each other. At a time of action speech, beyond the curtest of monosyllables, was surplusage. — William MacLeod Raine

As for the United States' future in Afghanistan, it will be fire and hell and total defeat, God willing, as it was for their predecessors - the Soviets and, before them, the British. — Mohammed Omar

A beautiful flower does not exist. There's only a moment when a flower looks beautiful. — Yohji Yamamoto

The messiness [in my books] is nothing like an Atwood novel. For me, the deeper subjects are secrets versus intimacy, and how both beget safety but also threaten it. And there is a lot for me about loss, too. — Edan Lepucki