Gospel Train Early Quotes & Sayings

From the older ox the younger learns to plough. — Amitav Ghosh

I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material. My hat's off to them. — Terri Windling

I await the revises, and promise you not to 'make my quietus with a bare bodkin' till I have returned them. After that, I think of retiring. But first I would like to dine with you here. To leave life as one leaves a feast is not merely philosophy but romance. — Oscar Wilde

Every night she had fallen asleep dreaming about that kiss, and each kiss after. — Elizabeth Chandler

The hardest of all the arts to speak of is music, because music has no meaning to speak of. — Ned Rorem

I once read that there is an invisible thread that connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break. [ ... ] Please don't let it break, I silently plead to him. I need to know that some cords can't be cut. — Tarryn Fisher

Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think? — Gabrielle Zevin

She rose and followed her bust from the room. — Margery Allingham

Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence. — Andrea Bocelli

I once heard someone say morality was method. Do you hold with that? I suppose you wouldn't. You would say that morality was vested in the aim, I expect. Difficult to know what one's aims are, that's the trouble, specially if you're British. — John Le Carre

It's a Glock. You squeeze that part, things come out of that part. Very fast. — Steven Gould

Traveling with children corresponds roughly to traveling third class in Bulgaria. — Robert Benchley

Dear Delphine,
When you are older I want you to find Chinua Achebe. I want you to read Things Fall Apart. Don't be hardheaded and try to read this book now. Don't be hardheaded, Delphine. You are the smart one, but you are not ready. You can read all its words. Even the African words. But you will not know what Achebe is saying. It is a bad thing to bite into a hard fruit with little teeth. You will say bad things about the fruit when the problem is your teeth.
I want you to read this book. I want you to know Things Fall Apart. Fourteen is a good age to find Chinua Achebe.
Nzila.
Your Mother.
P.S. For now you are eleven. Be eleven. — Rita Williams-Garcia

The cross pollination of disciplines is fundamental to truly revolutionary advances in our culture. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson