Heyward Allen Quotes & Sayings

I am a strong believer in the tyranny, the dictatorship, the absolute authority of the writer. — Philip Pullman

I was feeling low. Low is the depressive's euphemism for despair. — Sally Brampton

If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game. — Paul Harding

The distinction of being without an honour is becoming a rare and valuable one and should not become extinct. — Robert Peel

But that one single soul was emperor of the universe, no less than each of us. — Michael Frayn

He leaned his head against the rock. Christ, when was the last time he'd seen the humor in life? And now, of all places, in an enemy camp, with a strange woman who made him burn. Burn with desire. Burn with need. A desire and need not only for her and her body, but for something he couldn't quite name. — Angela Quarles

Know then that the body is merely a garment. Go seek the wearer, not the cloak. — Rumi

A library is a gateway to others' minds, hearts, and lives. — Tamora Pierce

How could we [the world] have stood by and let that happen to them? We owe them. — Carroll S. Walsh Jr.

I figure if people don't want to make the distinction between a Muslim and a terrorist, then why should I make a distinction between good scared white people and racists? — Aasif Mandvi