Epigraphs In Watership Quotes & Sayings

A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages ... in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. — Thomas Reid

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster. — Clint Eastwood

You don't govern men who don't have religion, you shoot them. — Napoleon Bonaparte

In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Hosein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader. — Edward Gibbon

When a Man is tried of London, he is tired of life. — Samuel Johnson

God gives strength to the weak.
God grace is the power for godly living. — Lailah Gifty Akita

One shard of brilliant summer pierced me
and remains.
By this only
unregenerate bone
I am not dead, but waiting. — Audre Lorde

Art provides us with clues about how to live our lives more fully ... about how creating, collecting, and even just appreciating art can make daily living a masterpiece. — Michael Kimmelman

We kissed each other, long and deep, while my legs opened like the covers of a book. — Deborah Harkness

I mean, sometimes when you do a show or a campaign with a designer, you get along with them really well and you become friends. And then, sometimes, people are just a bit ... weird. — Lara Stone

I never studied dance, but if you look at 'Wild At Heart,' my mother saw that movie and said, 'You are a dancer. Look at how you're moving: all that strange energy is like modern dance.' — Nicolas Cage

an overcast luminance, a subdued warmth — Janet Watts

You're going to fall, but you got to stand. — B.J. Penn

Wasn't it worth the wait?"
I shook my head as I wiped my fingers again on his shirt. How could I explain that it wasn't just about the sex, that I'd begun to clutch a spare pillow at night, pretending to hold him, that even the occasional chirp of this voice when he spoke in a joking tone brought flutters of pleasure inside me? — Jim Provenzano

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante