Qutreville Quotes & Sayings

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary. — Henry Miller

I'd love to come to Middle Earth! Apparently Auckland is an amazing city, one of the best to live in too. — Coeur De Pirate

It is a shame for the tongue to cast itself upon the uncertain pardon of other's ears — Joseph Hall

He is so brilliant. He shines. He's beautiful with his hands that grab things and his tongue that says things and the way he stands and chews his food for so long, mashing it into a paste before he swallows. — Garth Stein

When I started to be a writer, I was not going to run the risk of boring you. — Daniel Woodrell

Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference. — Swami Vivekananda

In literary and art criticism there are two criteria, the political and the artistic. — Mao Zedong

Once again, through myself, the Church, in the words of the well-known declaration Nostra Aetate, 'deplores the hatred, persecutions and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews at any time and by anyone.' I repeat, 'By anyone.' — Pope John Paul II

You only live to regret the risks you didn't take. — Molly McDonnell

Sometimes you have to wander around until you find where you really belong. And sometimes it's right where you started. — Rachel Gibson

The fire and excitement may be gone now that we don't go out there and sing them anymore, but the ring of fire still burns around you and I, keeping our love hotter than a pepper sprout. — Johnny Cash

God, if ever I have come close to wanting to commit suicide, it is now, with the groggy sleepless blood dragging through my veins, and the air thick and gray with rain ... I fell into bed again this morning, begging for sleep, withdrawing into the dark, warm, fetid escape from action, from responsibility. No good. — Sylvia Plath