Dunseath Silver Quotes & Sayings

In every story there is a silence, some sight concealed, some word unspoken, I believe. Till we have spoken the unspoken we have not come to the heart of the story. — J.M. Coetzee

I used to do drugs, but don't tell anyone because it'll ruin my image. — Courtney Love

Whenever I teach writing I tell them to never revise as you go. Finish the first draft. This is my writing advice. I can't do that myself. I'm lying to everybody. I write a paragraph, and then I rewrite that paragraph. I want to feel like I'm standing on firm ground before I move on to the next paragraph. Mentally, I have to do that. — Matt De La Pena

Face the facts squarely. Ask yourself definite questions and demand direct replies. — Napoleon Hill

It is horrible how people will use anything as a political monkey wrench and to hell with the country. (Julia Child to Avis DeVoto) — Joan Reardon

To be penitent, to feel sorry for sin, to shed tears, to even make decisions does not bring in salvation. Confession, decision, and many other religious acts can never be and are not to be construed as new birth. Rational judgment, intelligent understanding, mental acceptance, or the pursuit of the good, the beautiful, and the true are merely soulical activities if the spirit is not reached and stirred. — Watchman Nee

Delhi was once a paradise, Where Love held sway and reigned; But its charm lies ravished now And only ruins remain. No — William Dalrymple

He spoke so effortlessly, as if his mouth were a musical instrument that just let sound out when touched, when opened. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The more film I watch, the more John Ford looks like a giant. His politics aren't so good, and you have to learn to accept John Wayne as an actor, but he's a poet in black and white. — Jonathan Lethem