Twilightsworn Quotes & Sayings

A man ... must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter such a day as this, for the sake of coming to see him. He must think himself a most agreeable fellow. — Jane Austen

But what is the black spot, captain? — Robert Louis Stevenson

The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state. — Thomas Sowell

I come from the school who thought the Internet could be the great democratising force, that getting rid of the gatekeepers was a positive move. — Beeban Kidron

Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write. — Karl Kraus

All over America, people were pulling credentials out of their pockets and sticking them under someone else's nose to prove they had been somewhere or done something. And I thought someday everyone in America will suddenly jump up and say, 'I don't take any shit!' and start pushing and cursing and clawing at the man next to him. — William S. Burroughs

I've never scared anybody in my life. — Jim Crace

People say a mother is only as happy as her least happy child. But what if the state of that child's happiness has become a mystery? What if that child is no longer a child but a young man who has removed himself to a great distance and encased himself in silence? — Jan Ellison

My flute, M. Poirot, is my oldest companion. When everything else fails, music remains. — Agatha Christie