Fragonards Paintings Quotes & Sayings

That night I didn't sleep a wink, said Norton in her letter, and it occurred to me to call Morini. It was late, it was rude to bother him at that hour, it was rash of me, it was a terrible imposition, but I called him. I remember I dialed his number and immediately I turned out the light in the room, as if so long as I was in the dark Morini couldn't see my face. To my surprise, he picked up the phone instantly. — Roberto Bolano

All those who belong to Jesus Christ are fastened with Him to the cross. — Saint Augustine

When you allow people to do what they wish, then that is what they do. They stop doing the things they need to do. — Alexander McCall Smith

What a big book, captain, might be made with all that is known!" "And what a much bigger book still with all that is not known! — Jules Verne

It's a language I've come to hate, because it admits no mystery and no ambiguity into its smug vocabulary, which arrogantly suggests that everything can be known. — Siri Hustvedt

I like hoofing you about. — Jodi Ellen Malpas

Though the redwoods in Muir Woods are hauntingly beautiful trees, they are relatively small and not very tall, at least for redwoods. — Richard Preston