Usborne Literary Quotes & Sayings

Speech is the representation of the mind, and writing is the representation of speech. — Aristotle.

I learned the strange art of loneliness, the weathered yearning that swells and passes, and swells and passes, when you walk a trail alone. — Anna Carey

The book has survived the same human disaster over and over again. Think about it. You've got a society where people tolerate difference, like Spain in the Convivencia, and everything's humming along: creative, prosperous. Then somehow this fear, this hate, this need to demonize 'the other'
it just sort of rears up and smashes the whole society. Inquisition, Nazis, extremist Serb nationalists ... same old, same old. — Geraldine Brooks

You know it's a small world when you bump into friends you haven't seen since grade school on the, It's A Small World Ride, at Disney World. — Kilburn Hall

I think that marriage is beautiful. And if it's a partnership with someone you love, then it really is beautiful. Yeah, I think that marriage does work. — Alicia Keys

Your soul is always trying to guide you in your true life direction towards your highest good and greatest happiness. — Catherine Carrigan

Books should be like magical jewelled boxes. It's the writer's job to tell the story. My job [the artist] is to make you want to pick up the box, and to peer inside. — Thomas Canty

I felt like the news business was a little rough for me and a little sleazy. So I glided right over into acting. — Emily Procter

Caxton crawled into the back while Arkeley took the front passenger seat. His fused vertebrae trumped her sprained ribs, he announced. — David Wellington

I am a free-willed, free-thinking, non-conforming subversive using the powers of intellect and common sense to not only question my environment but search for answers to those questions in order to share that knowledge with those around me for a better tomorrow. — R. Wolf Baldassarro

For a successful strategy session, keep the food light, the lights bright, and drink caffeine all night. — Mike Brown