Filmanowicz Edward Quotes & Sayings

In the right circumstances, a man can help himself by writing a book about his point, or a pamphlet, or at least a letter to the editor, thereby putting his protest on the historical record, which is marvelously comforting even if nobody reads it. Usually, however, it can be counted on to attract the attention of a few readers who assure the author that he is a new Copernicus, whereupon they introduce themselves as unrecognized Newtons. This custom of picking points out of each other's fur is widespread and a great comfort, but it is without lasting effect because the participants soon fall to quarreling and find themselves isolated again. — Robert Musil

Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best. — Norton Juster

But it's love that does us in. — Margaret Atwood

Romance is at the heart of our lives. The truly blessed among us find a hero or heroine of our own to love, then root for our children to do the same. — M.A. Jewell

How wise and how merciful is that provision of nature by which his earthly anchor is usually loosened by many little imperceptible tugs, until his consciousness has drifted out of its untenable earthly harbor into the great sea beyond! — Arthur Conan Doyle