Pastorals Theatre Quotes & Sayings

Isaac's face lit up. The phrase was literally true in his case, for his cheeks and the tip of his nose shone rosily and his blue eyes were suddenly as flooded with light as sapphires held to the sun. In the country of his mind the advancing shadows were halted and rolled back upon themselves like the fen mists when the wind suddenly freshened from the sea. He glowed and the Dean felt a pang of sadness. What would this man have been, what would he have done, had he not been so wrenched from the true by the sufferings of his boyhood? Yet perhaps without them he would not have been Bella's fairy man. Such twistings sometimes forced out poison but at other times honey. It depended what was at the heart of a man. — Elizabeth Goudge

The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom. — Bobby Knight

It is easy to sit and it is easy not to think; you do the opposite: You walk and think! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Learn from your rejections and polish your craft. Write for the sheer joy of being creative. — Jonathan Weeks

Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders. — Savielly Tartakower

I thought journalism would enable me to be a mile wide and an inch deep. — Matt Ridley