Verts Hobbies Quotes & Sayings

The poems which touched her heart most, suffusing her with exalted emotion, so that she felt she could gather everything to her, were those which tell of the sorrow that wakes in the heart whose dreams have not been fulfilled, and of the beauty of that sorrow. The ship which in Autumn lies deserted on the shore, rudderless, mastless, used no more; the bird that cowers low in shelter, likewise in the Autumn, featherless and forlorn, driven before the storm;the harp that hangs trembling on the wall, silently mourning its owner's fall-all this was her poetry. — Halldor Laxness

As strange as it sounds, meditation may reveal that we are happier than we thought we were. We may discover that ancient conditioning rather than present circumstances is causing our dissatisfaction , and that this moment is quite sufficient or even wonderful, and we simply hadn't noticed. — Wes Nisker

You know, artists don't really have all that much experience of life. We make a huge amount out of the small experience that we do have. — John Banville

As the Tories know, the problem with setting yourself up as a shining example for others to follow is that when you get caught out, that proverbial substance really hits the fan. — Jo Brand

With Head Off & Split, Nikky Finney establishes herself as one of the most eloquent, urgent, fearless and necessary poets writing in America today. What makes this book as important as anything published in the last decade is the irresistible music, the formal dexterity and the imaginative leaps she makes with metaphor and language in these simply stunning poems. This is a very, very important achievement. — Kwame Dawes

Disappointment is part of life. Just like change. — Sarah Dessen

But I remember the place with fondness ... not perfect but, all in all, not a bad memory. — Diane Meier

You are the one and only ever you. — Nancy Tillman

Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret. — Jean De La Fontaine

You stop planetary exploration, those people who do that extraordinary work are going to have to go do something else. — Bill Nye

I often wonder if God recognizes His own son the way we've dressed him up, or is it dressed him down? — Ray Bradbury

Start with a word. A word leads to a sentence, which leads to a paragraph, which leads to a chapter, which leads to a manuscript, which leads to a book ... just start with a word! — Mark Pettinger