Gordimer Author Quotes & Sayings

O Cuckoo! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice? — William Wordsworth

All this has been my fault. — Robert E.Lee

It won't hurt you. It's just to kill plants. It's called Agent Orange ... and it won't bother humans. — Karl Marlantes

When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives. — Benjamin Carson

Was I seriously ogling his wrist? — Lori M. Lee

We can all participate in the heritage of man. We all can help to preserve it. And we can all make our own modest contribution to it.
We must not as for more. — Karl Popper

You may chisel a boy into shape, as you would a rock, or hammer him into it, if he be of a better kind, as you would a piece of bronze. But you cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does. — John Ruskin

I remember the way his eyes pinned my body against the backdrop of Paris as if I was some rare butterfly pinned to an exhibit box. — Rebecca Paula

To see itself through, music must have idea or magic ... Music with neither dies young though rich. — Ned Rorem

Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal, profane, or violent, they have crossed the line and must be dealt with accordingly. — Jim Evans

One of the biggest challenge in life is to see things for what they are instead of what you want them to be. — Saahil Prem

I whirled to see the snake springing up from the ferns and bouncing towards us, fast. This time we turned and ran. Every time I looked around, the snake was still there. I wanted to laugh and scream at the same time. The little creature was ridiculous. It was terrifying, and it was also gaining on us. — Kenneth Oppel

Falling in love is painful on the knees. — Jon Bon Jovi

With its fluctuating forms and needless decoration, fashion epitomizes the supposedly unproductive waste that inspired 20th-century technocrats to dream of central planning. It exists for no good reason. But that's practically a definition of art. — Virginia Postrel

At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it. — Fred Saberhagen