Del Peterson Auctions Quotes & Sayings

Like any form of Art, literature's mission is to make the fulfillment of our essential duties more bearable. For a creature like man, who must forge his destiny by means of thought and reflexivity, the knowledge gained from this will perforce be unbearably lucid. We know that we are beasts who have this weapon for survival, and that we are not gods creating a world with our own thoughts, and something has to make our own wisdom bearable, something has to save us from the woeful eternal fever of biological destiny. Therefore, we have invented Art: our animal selves have devised another way to ensure the survival of our species. — Muriel Barbery

Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!
Thou art the Potter and I am the clay. — Chaim Potok

Put it off for a bit. All life is putting off. Well, not entirely. — Anthony Burgess

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny. — Judd Apatow

The idea that reason and rationality is somehow separate from and antithetical to ones ' heart' is one of the most absurd theologies I have ever in my life heard."


~R. Alan Woods ("Just Keeping It Real", Copyright 2012) — R. Alan Woods

Art is a way of showing greater fairness to things than is customary. — Eli Siegel

I'm not looking to stick my nose into an area where I'm not needed. — Diane Nelson

The degree of freedom we enjoy outwardly is a reflection of the degree of love we cultivate inwardly. — Eric Micha'el Leventhal

Miracles happen when dreamers take action. — Toni Sorenson