Torsini Quotes & Sayings

I think there is in the heart of a man a place made for wonder. It sleeps inside, awaiting fulfillment. All one's life, one gathers treasures to fill it. Sometimes they are tiny glistening jewels: a flower blooming in the shelter of a fallen tree, the arch of a small child's brow combined with the curve of her cheek. Sometimes, however, a trove falls into your hands all at once, as if some greedy pirate's chest spilled before an unsuspecting beholder. Such were the dragons on the wing. — Robin Hobb

Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates. — Abbott Lawrence Lowell

Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink in the smallest space. — Edward R. Tufte

He asks all the questions that there are, and some that there aren't — G.K. Chesterton

See many things out there and describe them; piece of cake.
Find unique things within yourself and indite pure masterpiece. — Toba Beta

To have your niece die in your arms is the greatest gift from god. — Celine Dion

I think that's why I like New York City because you can just put on your backpack and just explore; you never know where you are going to end up. — Piper Perabo

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. — Gertrude Stein

I regret the stories we didn't do - the stories that we knew about and talked about but didn't have all of, so didn't publish. The whole idea of Gawker was to remove the barrier between the thought and the talk - and the page. — Nick Denton

I think it would be unfortunate if people in Saudi Arabia or some parts of the world influenced what we speak about in Denmark. [But] it's a fact of globalization, and we must consider it. — Flemming Rose

When I'm writing the poem, I feel like I have to close my eyes. I don't mean literally, but you invite a kind of blindness, and that's the birth of the poem. — Eileen Myles