Poeten Sofa Quotes & Sayings

We pursued the muses, instead of the mirrors. — Adam Gopnik

There is only one terminal dignity - love. — Helen Hayes

I'd just as soon freeze to death. — Ashley Judd

In The Pickwick Papers, a man is said to have read up in the Britannica on Chinese metaphysics. There was, however, no such article: He read for metaphysics under the letter M, and for China under the letter C, and combined his information. — James Gleick

There are no conditions in which we subordinate the interests of the class as a whole to the interests of any sect, any chapel, any separate organization. — Ernest Mandel

Music is part of history, and our history has lessons that cannot be separated from our greatest music. — Mstislav Rostropovich

Death comes to us all, that is the only thing we can be certain of. It makes no difference whether it is a thief in a garbage dump or a policeman in the line of duty. When someone dies at the hands of another, the pain for the survivors is the same. — Kjell Eriksson