Scruttons Quotes & Sayings

I'm not much like myself any more. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Stars on our door, stars in our eyes, stars exploding in the bits of our brains where the common sense should have been — Angela Carter

While her high cheekbones and sensual mouth added to her beauty, it was her eyes that caught him. They looked at the world as if it were a large sandbox waiting to expose its treasures. — Donna Grant

Matthew being a constant attendant on our Lord, his history is an account of what he saw and heard; and, being influenced by the Holy Spirit, his history is entitled to the utmost degree of credibility. — Adam Clarke

It seems good enough; parts seem very good indeed. She has lavish hopes, of course - she wants this to be her best book, the one that finally matches her expectations. — Michael Cunningham

what knowledge haunts each body, what history, what phantom ache? — Natasha Trethewey

Innocence has a single voice that can only say over and over again, "I didn't do it." Guilt has a thousand voices, all of them lies. — Leonard Peltier

That first night, I did realize I would never meet another girl like you. But you deserve someone who has waited for you as long as you have waited for them. And no matter how much I wish I could be that guy, I can't Harper. — Molly McAdams

Identity: smack-dab in the middle ... Neither omnipotent nor impotent. Neither God's MVP nor God's mistake. — Max Lucado

You know that sickening feeling of inadequacy and over-exposure you feel when you look upon your own empurpled prose? Relax into the awareness that this ghastly sensation will never, ever leave you, no matter how successful and publicly lauded you become. It is intrinsic to the real business of writing and should be cherished. — Will Self