Postumus Emperor Quotes & Sayings

Five tender apricots in a blue bowl, a brief and exact promise of things to come. — Frances Mayes

We study better in hostile surroundings than in hospitable ones, a student is always well advised to choose a hostile place of study rather than a hospitable one, for the hospitable place will rob him of the better part of his concentration for his studies, the hostile place on the other hand will allow him total concentration, since he must concentrate on his studies to avoid despairing, — Thomas Bernhard

Night is a very good and very close friend of a writer! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I think that people should learn about that. In most music, there's one way that you do something, and that's the only way. In jazz, it's a lot different. — Billy Higgins

What is the secret of your serenity?" a student asked Sophia
"Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable," she replied. — David W. Jones