Scrawling Letters Quotes & Sayings

[Reformers] might be classified as a distinct species having eyes in the back of their heads. — Ellen Glasgow

Among the many worlds which man did not receive as a gift of nature, but which he created with his own mind, the world of books is the greatest. Every child, scrawling his first letters on his slate and attempting to read for the first time, in so doing, enters an artificial and complicated world; to know the laws and rules of this world completely and to practice them perfectly, no single human life is long enough. Without words, without writing, and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity. And if anyone wants to try to enclose in a small space in a single house or single room, the history of the human spirit and to make it his own, he can only do this in the form of a collection of books. — Hermann Hesse

What seas what shores what grey rocks and what islands
What water lapping the bow
And scent of pine and the woodthrush singing through the fog
What images return
O my daughter — T. S. Eliot

I didn't want to see this, didn't want to think about this. I didn't want to imagine him inside her. I didn't want to know that something I hated so much had taken root in the body I loved.
Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn, Chapter 9, p.174 — Stephenie Meyer

So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads. — Dr. Seuss

Please could I say one word?" was the question three times repeated before a rough head boobed out from the grotto of books in which Mac usually sat. "Did anyone speak?" he asked, blinking in teh flood of sunshine that entered with Rose. "Only three times, thank you. Don't disturb yourself, I beg; for I merely want to say a word," answered Rose. — Louisa May Alcott

I'm a lot more interested in style than fashion - style is what makes us who we are. — Solange Knowles

Probably she died. Consumption. Fever. Mountain lion. I don't know. — Nova Ren Suma

From my experience, meditating can bring up the most stressful thoughts. — Mike White

When princes flee battle, and knights turn free-lance, and barons rob pilgrims, what value has honor?"
"Why, all the more, seeing how rare it has become. — Michael Flynn

Clark Gable was the only real he-man I've ever known, of all the actors I've met. — Clark Gable

Peter Pan, prepare to meet thy doom. — Dustin Hoffman

I'm a golfaholic. And all the counseling in the world wouldn't help me. — Lee Trevino

Easily acquired. Inexpensive. Perfectly functional. Portable. Identifiable. Disposable. Eternal enough. These are my criteria for the perfect storage system. And I've found the answer in the simple file box. — Twyla Tharp