Kontis And Papel Quotes & Sayings

It was wrong to do this," said the angel.
"You should live like a flower,
Holding malice like a puppy,
Waging war like a lambkin."
"Not so," quoth the man
Who had no fear of spirits;
"It is only wrong for angels
Who can live like the flowers,
Holding malice like the puppies,
Waging war like the lambkins. — Stephen Crane

As everyone, you do end up becoming your mother, but also as you're acting, I find out you become every member of your family, bits come out without you really wanting them to come out. — Helena Bonham Carter

My desire is to be anonymous, isolated, quiet, peaceful, and concentrated. — Kent Haruf

The best designers will use many design patterns that dovetail and intertwine to produce a greater whole. — Erich Gamma

Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books are not in everybody's reach; and though it is better to know them thoroughly than to know them only here and there, yet it is a good work to give a little to those who have not the time nor means to get more. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

And that question is, is San Francisco just a boutique city? A theme park? Or do creative forces still coalesce there? — Kevin Starr

I will focus on smoking in movies and with the amount of time that I have left in the world, I will do the best I can to stop smoking in movies and also to help people stop smoking, just normal ordinary people who may need help. — Joe Eszterhas

Going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings. An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest. The air was warm, thick, heavy, sluggish. There was no joy in the brilliance of sunshine. The long stretches of the waterway ran on, deserted, into the gloom of overshadowed distances. — Joseph Conrad

It's best not to stare at the sun during an eclipse. — Jeff Goldblum

Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are. — Jonathan Coe