Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
And for at least that moment, I wouldn't have traded the hundreds of books I've read for the few I know almost by heart.
Christianity provided man for the first time with supernatural beings who, he knew, could neither envy nor ridicule him.
Nature is a part of our humanity, and without some awareness and experience of that divine mystery man ceases to be man.
There are people into whose heads it never enters to conceive of any better state of society than that which now exists.
..her smile, which was her pretty feature, was never so pretty as when her sprightly phrase had a scratch lurking in it.
A swift carriage, of a dark night, rattling with four horses over roads that one can’t see--that’s my idea of happiness.
I demanded a realm in which I should be both master and slave at the same time: The world of art is the only such realm.
We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation.
Spurts don't count. The final score makes no mention of a splendid start if the finish proves that you were an also ran.
But scientists, who ought to know Assure us that it must be so. Oh, let us never, never doubt What nobody is sure about.
The heavens and the earth, the woods and the wayside, teem with instruction and knowledge to the curious and thoughtful.
True sympathy is putting ourselves in another's place; and we are moved in proportion to the reality of our imagination.
Life is also a mixture of unsolved problems, ambiguous victories and vague defeats-with very few moments of clear peace.
It's not that we fear the place of darkness, but that we don't think we are worth the effort to find the place of light.
Most words evolved as a description of the outside world, hence their inadequacy to describe what is going on inside me.
There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.
A film causes me so many worries and such a lot of reactions that I have to love it in order to get over it and past it.
After the golden age of Latinity, we gradually slide into the silver, and at length precipitately descend into the iron.
Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight.
We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged.
The world is a very unjust, unfair place and we have to live with that. Historically, there is impunity for most crimes.
'Awkward Black Girl' is spreading to all the right people because of word of mouth and social networks. I'm so grateful.
A novelist who ranks with Proust , Kafka , Musil and his friend James Joyce as one of the enduring pillars of Modernism.
It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.
We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!
And long there he lay, an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world.
I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.
Jack," said Charles, "he's making up words again." "Yes," Jack replied, "but he's getting better at it, don't you think?
I hadn't learned yet that everybody's locked up some way or other. That's how life is we're all imprisoned by something.
Practice not wanting, desiring, judging, doing, fighting, knowing. Practice just being. Everything will fall into place.
Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain.
I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme joy.
Gabriel is a unique archangel in the sense that it is almost certain that she is the only female in the higher echelons.
I grew up hearing words like snakeroot, sassafras, mullein - things that had wondrous, mysterious sounds in their names.
There is never much to be feared for anyone that is born with sense and truth in him, whatever else he may have or want.
Omygod, I haven’t got years. I’ll have to hide in the Bat Cave.” “Once you go to the Bat Cave it’s forever, babe.” Eeek.
Don't just read words,' he would tell her as he held up the latest story, 'devour them. Let the words create new worlds.
Not much touches us, but we long to be touched. We lie awake at night willing the darkness to part and show us a vision.
The probability of separate worlds meeting is very small. The lure of it is immense. We send starships. We fall in love.
the buddhists say there are 149 ways to god. i'm not looking for god, only for myself, and that is far more complicated.
One room is always enough for one person. Two rooms is not enough for two people. That is one of the conundrums in life.
Coal mines make the news only when they explode, collapse, kill. It's exciting! Tragedy! Fodder for a cable-news frenzy.
I was like, 'I'll take out garbage or do whatever it takes just to work at 'New York Magazine.' My god! I'd do anything!
A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping.
I loved the feeling of talking and having somebody really listen to what I have to say. It was like a high or something.
I had learned that every patient has the right to hope, despite long odds, and it was my role to help nurture that hope.
I revisit old favorites like 'Buffy' and 'Battlestar Galactica' when I'm bored. I am obsessed with 'Scandal.' I love TV.
I always go with the dictionary definition of feminism, which is just social, political and economic equality for women.
To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.
Compassion being action without motive, without self-interest, without any sense of fear, without any sense of pleasure.