Sempiterno En Quotes & Sayings

The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar and ignorant people become possessed of splendid houses, splendidly furnished, do not of course, give them the feelings and manners of gentle folks. — Fanny Kemble

I could set from memory a replica of the perfect Still Life she laid out on the table each morning: the carefully folded Advertiser, the two canary yellow hemispheres of grapefruit in their bowls, separated by a more richly yellowed cube of butter; the sky blue milk-jug and matching sugar bowl filled to the brim with their differently textured whitenesses; the pot of tea snug in its knitted navy blue cosy, the steam that rose invisibly from its spout suddenly rendered visible, swirling, where it entered the slanting morning light. — Peter Goldsworthy

Stories are people. I'm a story, you're a story ... your father is a story. Our stories go in every direction, but sometimes, if we're lucky, our stories join into one, and for awhile, we're less alone. — Jess Walter

What are gods, after all, if not the perfect victims? — Steven Erikson

My grandson is mad at me. He's mad at me because I squandered his college fund on Spanx. It's a lot, but there's a lot going on here. — Joan Rivers

Let us ... leave art to the artists, and let us try to use the medium of photography to create photographs that can endure because of their photographic qualities. — Albert Renger-Patzsch

Music is enough of an expression that it doesn't really matter what the words are or what language it's in. — Gwenno