Morante Novelist Quotes & Sayings

If the world despises a hypocrite, what must they think of him in heaven? — Josh Billings

We Catholics are very much given to the Instant Answer. Fiction doesn't have any. It leaves us, like Job, with a renewed sense of mystery. St. Gregory wrote that every time the sacred text describes a fact, it reveals a mystery. That is what the fiction writer, on his lesser level, hopes to do. — Flannery O'Connor

I've tried to believe, but I don't, I can't, and there's no use pretending. — Truman Capote

Female bonobos form a strong sisterhood. They rule through female solidarity. — Frans De Waal

To teach is to learn ... If we ever think we know all there is to know about our creativity we are dead as artists. — Richard Pousette-Dart

You must cultivate your wisdom and spirit. Polish your wisdom: learn public justice, distinguish between good and evil, study the Ways of different arts one by one. When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realized the wisdom of strategy. — Miyamoto Musashi

I'm not dead yet, just in a state of rapid decay, who isn't? — Charles Bukowski