Poetenes Quotes & Sayings

I think it's really hard to draw a hard-and-fast line and say 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' doesn't count as science fiction or fantasy. Or at what point do we say mythology is not fantasy, so reading mythology when you're young does not count as an exposure to fantasy? — Robin Hobb

If character is the foreground of fiction, setting is the background, and as in a painting's composition, the foreground may be in harmony or in conflict with the background. — Janet Burroway

All an arsehole knows about is shit. ~ Dogman — Joe Abercrombie

When Jack walked in he took a calculated seat at the bar, it didn't take long for a chill to set into the room. — Kenneth Eade

There's not much to be said about the period except that most writers don't reach it soon enough. — William Zinsser

The only religion which seems to have a function in time of war is the tribal religion which invokes a God as the exclusive protector of the nation which calls upon him. — Joseph Alexander Leighton

Faced with the collapse of Iraq into something like Lebanon - or worse, Somalia - the Bush administration opted for a new counterinsurgency strategy. Violence was reduced because, for the first time since the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, Iraqis felt that there was a force capable of dominating the situation and ensuring basic order. — Noah Feldman

Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society. — Anna Lindh

The confident artist is a fool. — Giorgio Armani

Golf is a game in which you yell "for," shoot six, and write down five. — Paul Harvey

What you will be looking for is a day that closes above the prior day's high and most likely 'breaks' out to the upside to close above a trading range. This is the twitching worm that causes the public to leap before they look. — Larry Williams

What happened to-day, a narrative — Gertrude Stein