Deirdra Murphy Quotes & Sayings

Don't halloo until you're out of the wood. — Benjamin Franklin

Take these words home and think it through;
Or the next rhyme I write might be about you. — Prodigy

Golf - a young man's vice and an old man's penance. — Irvin S. Cobb

I thought of Al in his dream, looking nothing like this, more like an elegant bat. Broken? Perhaps, but I had put his butterfly back together with my blood. "I never liked the movie Titanic," I said, and he grunted, his gaze sharpening on me. "They both could have gotten on that damn door. — Kim Harrison

I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody'. I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A. It's four chapters. — Jack Kerouac

Tony lifted his glass and proposed a toast, "To you, the only person in this world, who can keep me on my toes."
Claire held her glass. — Aleatha Romig

Dying is the fastest route to fame for an aspiring rock star. The dead man's melodies become profound, acquiring deep mystery and rising into a realm beyond the reach of human criticism. In the stopping of a heartbeat, the rocker is transformed from decadent, depraved hedonist into misunderstood genius. Aye, death and musical stardom go together like Scotland and rain. — Mark Rice

When we feel powerless in a hostile world we can at least practice quelling the enmity in our minds. — Bryant McGill

It's sad to see Time's toothless mouth laughing the poets to scorn. The stars are all explained and the mist is all measured, and there is no magic left in this dreary world. — Mark Forsyth

You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky. — Paul Auster

There are two moments worthwhile in writing, the one when you start and the other when you throw it in the waste-paper basket. — Samuel Beckett

If you want to kill yourself, do not use us as your knife. — Catherynne M Valente