Untranslatable Book Quotes & Sayings

How much did pride count in the ebullition of passions in his breast? — Edith Wharton

It was not a monster that lay sleeping on the white sheets. Nor a faceless horror. Nor even the white bear.
It was a man.
His hair was golden, glowing bright as a bonfire in the light of the candle. And his features were fair, I suppose, but he was a stranger and that somehow was the greatest shock of all- that I had been lying all these months beside a complete stranger. — Edith Pattou

We are born into this world with clenched fists, we leave it with fingers apart- preaching the lesson that you take nothing with you. — Ethel Percy Andrus

In my opinion in art nothing can go too far as long as you don't physically hurt people or animals. Art is there to push boundaries. I love it when my work freaks people out but it's all fake! — Tom Six

I just want to be rich and famous. — Ian Hart

We are the children of the earth and removed from her our spirit withers. — George Macaulay Trevelyan

I suspect I do not like kisses in general--perhaps my blood is stirred by poetry alone--but I have no grounds for comparison. — Olga Grushin