Ducreux Painting Quotes & Sayings

My friend, blood shaking my heart
The awful daring of a moment's surrender
Which an age of prudence can never retract
By this, and this only, we have existed
Which is not to be found in our obituaries
Or in memories draped by the beneficent spider
Or under seals broken by the lean solicitor
In our empty rooms — T. S. Eliot

I have found, in short, from reading my own writing, that my subject in fiction is the action of grace in territory largely held by the devil.
I have also found that what I write is read by an audience which puts little stock either in grace or the devil. You discover your audience at the same time and in the same way that you discover your subject, but it is an added blow. — Flannery O'Connor

I am honoured to be asked to take on this role, especially as it comes at such an integral time for our relationship with South Africa and the African continent. There shall be many new challenges and opportunities ahead and I look forward to embracing them with great anticipation [on becoming the UK's high commissioner to South Africa] — Paul Boateng

The American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra. — Max Roach

It's not the size of the house. It's how much love is inside. — Martina Mcbride

I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry. — Felix Dennis

Sometimes even lovers of fiction can be satisfied only by the truth. I — Michael Chabon

Huh? What did I promise?"
"Fowevew," he said with a nod, like it was final.
"Exactly."
We stared at each other, and it reminded me of my first day, when he stared me down like a mute gunslinger. — Amber L. Johnson

I don't know why I'm drawn to anti-heroes, but I certainly am. — Jason Reitman

Having been a chef for some many years, I understand what it's like to work really, really hard to get good at something, only to have someone piss all over it. — Anthony Bourdain

Of comic novels that have quaffed the elixir of 'classic': Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm. — Cynthia Ozick

Fact is one of our finest fictions. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Live every day to fulfill your personal mission. God has a reason for whatever season you are living through right now. A season of loss or blessing? A season of activity or hibernation? A season of growth or incubation? You may think you're on a detour, but God knows the best way for you to reach your destination. — Barbara Johnson