Impallaria Quotes & Sayings

I will only mention that the independent power of words to affect the writing of history is a thing to be watched out for. They have an almost frightening autonomous power to produce in the mind of the reader an image or idea that was not in the mind of the writer. Obviously they operate this way in all forms of writing, but history is particularly sensitive because one has a duty to be accurate, and careless use of words can leave a false impression one had not intended. — Barbara W. Tuchman

They say the nail that sticks out gets hammered down — Daniel H. Wilson

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too hard to follow. — Jessica Cutler

The cries of the wounded had much diminished now, and as we staggered down the road, the reason was only too apparent, for the water was right over the tops of the shell-holes. — Edwin Campion Vaughan

There is a society in the deepest solitude. — Isaac D'Israeli

Nothing's sad till it's over. Then everything is. — Steven Moffat

Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to do. — Arthur Boyd