Triolet Quotes & Sayings

I don't believe in failure. Whenever you take action and do something, irrespective of the outcome, you have succeeded by simply doing and trying. The universe rewards action. So believe in yourself and do whatever it is you want to do. — Miya Yamanouchi

Do not be astonished at anything, even happiness. — Elsa Triolet

The work of the philosophical policeman," replied the man in blue, "is at once bolder and more subtle than that of the ordinary detective. The ordinary detective goes to pot-houses to arrest thieves; we go to artistic tea-parties to detect pessimists. The ordinary detective discovers from a ledger or a diary that a crime has been committed. We discover from a book of sonnets that a crime will be committed. We have to trace the origin of those dreadful thoughts that drive men on at last to intellectual fanaticism and intellectual crime. We were only just in time to prevent the assassination at Hartlepool, and that was entirely due to the fact that our Mr. Wilks (a smart young fellow) thoroughly understood a triolet. — G.K. Chesterton

You can kill time or kill yourself, it comes to the same thing in the end. — Elsa Triolet

Tolerance enlarges the circle of our acquaintances. — Elsa Triolet

I'm one injury away from hanging up the racket at any time. — Lleyton Hewitt

I love the melody of an unknown language, the strange food, all the surprises of a strange town, and my own impatience and curiosity ... I love traveling as others love the gaming table; I anticipate a new place as others anticipate the next number to come up. — Elsa Triolet

I think the Bush Administration had basically inherited a policy toward Iraq from the Reagan/Bush Administration that saw Iraq as a kind of fire wall against Iranian fundamentalism. And as it developed over the 1980s, it became a real political run-a-muck ... even though the Iraqis were known to be harboring Palestinian terrorists. — Rick Atkinson

A guy should find out what the woman likes. Every woman is different, so you can't just assume what works on one will work on another. — Chasey Lain

His hair, every bit as wild and soft to the touch as it had looked. Finally, he leaned his head into her touch, gently nuzzling her fingers. — Marissa Meyer

To be a prophet it is sufficient to be a pessimist. — Elsa Triolet

Love begins like a triolet and ends like a college yell. — H.L. Mencken

I can listen no longer in silence.
I must speak to you by such means
As are within my reach.
You pierce my soul. — Jane Austen

Time burns but leaves no ashes. — Elsa Triolet

I know from experience that nothing can compete with a memory. — Tarryn Fisher

Nine-Line Triolet
Here's a fine mess we got ourselves into,
My angel, my darling, true love of my heart
Etcetera. Must stop it but I can't begin to.
Here's a fine mess we got ourselves into -
Both in spin with nowhere to spin to,
Bound by the old rules in life and in art.
Here's a fine mess we got ourselves into,
(I'll curse every rule in the book as we part)
My angel, my darling, true love of my heart. — Wendy Cope

You're always playing the game to reach the ultimate goal. — Tony Romo

There is no happiness for a society ruled by distrust. — Elsa Triolet

There's no place where one can breathe as freely as on the deck of a ship. — Elsa Triolet

On game day, I'm as nervous as a pig in a packing plant. — Darrell Royal

Justice, like vengeance, is not good eaten cold. — Elsa Triolet