Warton Crag Quotes & Sayings

The two or three antique chairs had apparently been chosen for their bizarre design and not for their ability to seat anyone, for they were delicate suggestions, hints at furniture with cushions barely capable of accommodating a child. A human in such a room was expected not to rest or sit or even relax, but rather pose, thereby transforming himself into a human furnishing that would complement the decor as well as possible. — Anonymous

That is why I think, in defiance of Plato, that there is at once error and vulgarity in saying that poetry is a lie, except in the sense that Cocteau wrote one day: I am a lie who always tells the truth. The only poetry which lies purely and simply is academic, pseudo-classical, conceptually repetitive poetry, and it is not poetry. — Jacques Maritain

If I'm going to be honest with you, when I trained at school, I feel like I was training to be a chameleon. I want to be that versatile actor who can do anything - that's why you learn fifty different dialects, you do Shakespeare, you do commedia, you do it all so that if any job comes your way, you should be able to do it. — Rutina Wesley

She was addicted to literature like some people were addicted to heroin. — Allie Burke

If you believe Might is Right, it follows that whoever cannot hold their ground does not deserve to keep it. — James D. Sass

Everything about it was false. Right then, in that office, with the realization that no one knew the truth about my life, my thoughts about the world were shaken. — Jay Asher

So I learned that after a single day's experience of the outside world a man could easily live a hundred years in prison. — Albert Camus

But every age deserves its fashion and its forms, and no one can control what survives. — Marisa Silver

Everybody is an expert in giving advice on how you cannot do something. So forget about everybody. And then, when you encounter a hurdle-and I do that every week-view it as an opportunity, not the end of the world. Do whatever you need to do to get past it quickly. If you believe in your dream, you'll definitely get there. — Maria Elena Ibanez

A married woman has the same right to control her own body as does an unmarried woman. — Sol Wachtler

It's not about the goal. It's about becoming the type of person that can accomplish the goal, — Tony Robbins

He shook his head. "I tried. I tried to hold out. But when I swing up like that . . . well, eventually the pendulum swings back. It's hard to explain." "I've been down before." "Not like this," he said. "And I'm not saying that to be a smart-ass. The way I feel . . . it's like the world starts crumbling around me. Every doubt, every fear . . . it eats me. It weighs me down until I'm swallowed in darkness and can't tell what's real or not. And even when I know something's not real . . . like Aunt Tatiana . . . well, it's still hard . . ." I — Richelle Mead

In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice. — George Bernard Shaw

One simple rule: no amnesty, no special pathway to citizenship. — Mitt Romney

Without compassion, true gratitude is an impossibility. If we are to feel gratitude towards another for their deeds, then we must have compassion for the suffering and self-sacrifice which they endured in carrying out those deeds. If their actions were free of suffering or sacrifice, then are they truly deserving of gratitude? — Derek R. Audette