Hootie Johnson Quotes & Sayings

For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand. — Beatrix Potter

For most Americans, poetry plays no role in their everyday lives. But also for most Americans, contemporary painting or jazz or sculpture play no role either. I'm not saying poetry is singled out as a special thing to ignore. — Billy Collins

Corsetti pulled up and parked on 52nd Street in front of an apartment near the river. He put the cop light on top of the cruiser.
"Keep the fucking traffic buzzards from hauling it off to the tow lot," he said. — Robert B. Parker

On the other side of fear is your breakthrough. — Jeanette Coron

Harry leaned forward. You put your penis on the page. — Hanif Kureishi

He had no love for sleeping inside and wanted his horse near him. There was something about lying under the stars that was conducive to thought, and he had some thinking to do. — Louis L'Amour

Man lives by habits indeed, but what he lives for is thrill and excitements ... From time immemorial war has been ... the supremely thrilling excitement. — William James