Purple Pickup Quotes & Sayings

I became a poet at the age of sixteen. I did not intend to do it. It was not my fault. — Margaret Atwood

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. — Ambrose Bierce

I envy you going to Oxford: it is the most flower-like time of one's life. One sees the shadow of things in silver mirrors. Later on, one sees the Gorgon's head, and one suffers, because it does not turn one to stone. — Oscar Wilde

Your hair is like butterflies," Sebastian said, giggling like a child.
"That's nice," Firen said impatiently. "Keep moving."
"Fantastic. I always like my days better with a touch of insanity," Gabriella quipped. — Laura Kreitzer

When Philip relived that day in his nightmares, and woke up sweating and screaming in the dark, he would always be able to calm himself, and eventually relax into sleep again, by bringing to mind that final tableau, and the way the screaming and the wounds had been swept aside by the unarmed man with the cross. — Ken Follett

Every day be thankful for the nights that turn into mornings, friends that turn into family and dreams that turn into reality. — Granger Smith

The meaning ... of a writer will be found not just in what he intends to say, or what he does literally say, but in the effect of his writing on living beings. — Howard Zinn

There was no doubt even for a child as young as I'd been, that she'd raised his ghost. I knew then, the only thing that really ever haunts a person is regret. — Kimberly Brock

I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter. — Jack Prelutsky

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produces no concept; therefore, it is dumb. — Umberto Eco

For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chance to really act emotionally, because the situation is an extreme one. — Ian McDiarmid

Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours? — Gordon Lightfoot

O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out. — Abu Bakr