Typical Dorset Quotes & Sayings

Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem. — Rick Moody

He loved the feel and smell of her palm and because he was one of those men who was always ultimately looking to dissolve himself into a woman. — Glen Duncan

I believe that many modern women, my mother included, carry within them a whole secret New England cemetery, wherein they have quietly buried- in neat little rows- the personal dreams they have given up for their families — Elizabeth Gilbert

But when it comes to applied sciences, technologies, any spotty Herbert with a degree and a lab coat can perform greater wonders than Merlin. — Jonathan L. Howard

I tried to communicate happiness in that word, but I don't know if it came out that way. All I was feeling was despair. And envy. Envy so thick and so black I felt like I was choking on it. — Jenny Han

If your romance is dying, perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

The authority of science ... promotes and encourages the activity of observing, comparing, measuring and ordering the physical characteristics of human bodies ... Cartesian epistemology and classical ideals produced forms of rationality, scientificity and objectivity that, though efficacious in the quest for truth and knowledge, prohibited the intelligibility and legitimacy of black equality ... In fact, to "think" such an idea was to be deemed irrational, barbaric or mad. — Cornel West

Rarely do we arrive at the summit of truth without running into extremes; we have frequently to exhaust the part of error, and even of folly, before we work our way up to the noble goal of tranquil wisdom. — Friedrich Schiller

I liked the kid who wrote me that he had to do a term paper on a modern poet and he was doing me because, though they say you have to read poems twice, he found he could handle mine in one try. — Howard Nemerov

You have to play the cards you are dealt and if it has made it harder, it doesn't matter, you still have to get the deal done. — Mitchell Reiss

You have to start living your life for the future that you're alive for, not the past the you're willing to die for. — Harper Sloan

Biophobia is as much a part of a politician's basic equipment as a sharp suit. — John Derbyshire

I hate to say it, but the truth is that the upscale line is where I get respect as a designer. The higher the price range, the higher the respect level from the industry, even though it's much easier to make a great $500 dress than a great $100 dress. — Betsey Johnson

Ever think of introducing yourself?" Y.T. says.
"Nah," he says, "people always forget names. You can just think of me as that one guy, y'know? — Neal Stephenson

It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of Constitutional history ... The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson's misleading metaphor for nearly forty years ... There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation ... The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or intent of the framers. — William Rehnquist