Doriel Muse Quotes & Sayings

Sex has been around for a long time. You may not believe this, but it was around before I was. — George Burns

The common notions that we find in credit around us and infused into our souls by our fathers' seed, these seem to be the universal and natural ones. Whence it comes to pass that what is off the hinges of custom, people believe to be off the hinges of reason. — Michel De Montaigne

There's no such thing as a crowded battlefield. Battlefields are lonely places. — Alfred M. Gray

He looks into his Dixie cup and looks back up as if surprised at what he found there. The future, maybe. — Wallace Stegner

As a novelist, I remain interested in the notion of a single reckless act and its consequences. — Anita Shreve

Did the men steal the papers?" Reynie asked, fearing her response.
No, because they are fools," Sophie said bitterly. "They demanded to see the papers, and when I did not answer fast enough
they were very frightening, you see
they hurt me so that I was not awake ... When I opened my eyes they were still trying to find the papers. They did not understand how we organize the library, you see. They were angry and creating a bad mess ... The police were coming and the men decided they must leave. I shouted at them as they left: 'It is a free and public library! All you had to do was ask! — Trenton Lee Stewart

The people in ships, however, took an equally singular view of England. Not only did it appear to them to be an island, and a very small island, but it was a shrinking island in which people were imprisoned. — Virginia Woolf