Rochesterians Quotes & Sayings

When the first-rate author wants an exquisite heroine or a lovely morning, he finds that all the superlatives have been worn shoddy by his inferiors. It should be a rule that bad writers must start with plain heroines and ordinary mornings, and, if they are able, work up to something better. — F Scott Fitzgerald

If you couldn't be your true self with the person you planned to spend your whole life with, you shouldn't be with them in the first place. — Laura Kaye

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary. — Heinrich Heine

Feel my presence. Recognise my soul. Love my heart. — Truth Devour

The militant Utopian, the perfectibilizer, from the outset, is in a malevolent rage at the obvious fact of human imperfectibility. — Martin Amis