Explicating A Poem Quotes & Sayings

All gambling is the telling of a fortune, but of a monstrously depleted fortune, empty of everything save one numerical circumstance, shorn of all such richness as a voyage across the water, a fair man that loves you, a dark woman that means you harm. — Rebecca West

I wasn't good at saying. I was good at writing. — Tarryn Fisher

Unless the inquiry has been so exhaustive as to explore every possibility, the lack of evidence should never be used to ground a statement of fact. — Jonathan Renshaw

At the very last moment, just before its lips claimed hers, its grip on her face relaxed slightly and she did the only thing she could think of: She head-butted it. Snapped her head back, then forward again, and bashed it square in the face as hard as she could. So hard, in fact, that it made her woozy and gave her an instant migraine, making her wonder how Jean-Claude Van Damme always managed to coolly continue fighting after such a stunt. Obviously, movies lied. — Karen Marie Moning

Much love much trial, but what an utter desert is life without love. — Charles Darwin

To say that it was wondrous would be to say that the universe is quite a big place. — Robert Rankin

It may just be that you are developing a quiet doggedness. This is priceless. Perfectionism, on the other hand, will only drive you mad. — Anne Lamott

From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people. — Howard Dean

Hawk could track a salmon to its spawning bed without getting wet. But — Robert B. Parker

We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty. — Mignon McLaughlin

I didn't like the sound of people gasping at the mere mention of my name. It horrified me. — Joni Mitchell