Rameau Tambourin Quotes & Sayings

What do you mean, 'Angle of Repose?' she asked me when I dreamed we were talking about Grandmother's life, and I said it was the angle at which a man or woman finally lies down. I suppose it is; and yet ... I thought when I began, and still think, that there was another angle in all those years when she was growing old and older and very old, and Grandfather was matching her year for year, a separate line that did not intersect with hers. They were vertical people, they lived by pride, and it is only by the ocular illusion of perspective that they can be said to have met. But he had not been dead two months when she lay down and died too, and that may indicate that at that absolute vanishing point they did intersect. They had intersected for years, for more than he especially would ever admit. — Wallace Stegner

I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates. — Juan Cole

Do not simplify. Do not worry about failure. Failure is a badge of honour. It means you risked failure. — Charlie Kaufman

The Church alone, being the Bride of Christ and having all things in common with her Divine Spouse, is the depository of the truth. — Pope Pius X

If naturalists go to heaven (about which there is considerable ecclesiastical doubt), I hope that I will be furnished with a troop of kakapo to amuse me in the evening instead of television. — Gerald Durrell

History is gossip that's been legitimized, and that's really the case when you get into some of the Roman historians. Wow! They'd be right at home on reality tv. — Esther M. Friesner

This mental space is occupied and everything is mine. — Leonard Cohen

To be a writer, you need to like spending a lot of time by yourself in the company of imaginary people. — Jane Lindskold

Real person. real name. I won't divulge too much, but it's not a fake name. And it's not a fake person. I guess that's the best answer I can say: It's not a fake name and it's not a fake person. But it's not her real name and it's not a real person either. — Justin Vernon

The secret of success is being persistent and having a definite purpose. — Debasish Mridha