Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Technology and the internet have changed the world of publishing forever.
It is something, I thought, when a king can put a courtesan to the blush.
The one pleasure that never palls is the pleasure of not going to church.
A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous.
There is no such thing as an "aspiring writer". You are a writer. Period.
I was someone who really loved fantasy novels and science fiction novels.
Its a very 18th-century thing to have a book broken into several volumes.
The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers.
Let me not follow in the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my path.
As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
I can't even trust my own imaginary dog. How much lower can a person get?
He lies to himself. If Eugenides talked in his sleep, he'd lie then, too.
When the water is calm, take as much distance as possible with your boat!
Slander is the biggest occupation of a man who produces nothing but lies!
A friend's bitter words seem to us more poisonous than a serpent's teeth.
A reactionary revolution is nothing but a high-speed evolution backwards!
By staying calm, you increase your resistance against any kind of storms.
He who loves a dictator is much more dangerous than the dictator himself.
He who observes the infinite horizons will see the dangers before others.
In the distant future, I don't want to be remembered; I want to remember!
In the land of wild rivers, a calm river becomes either a god or a devil!
It is ok if you talk to a rock, but it is not ok if you expect any reply!
Magic of the nights is always much impressive than the magic of the days!
No turtle can be a revolutionist, because revolution requires high speed!
Old houses are full with memories and that's why they resist to collapse!
One of the most important jobs of the youth is to make the elderly happy.
The brightest sun of the art always rises on the horizons of unhappiness.
They say "Wine is Satan's falcon,"; apparently he uses it in hunting men!
To remain silent for only one minute is a serious punishment for a gabby!
What is better than a peaceful man? What is worse than an aggressive man?
For a man who is in love with the existence, nothing is ordinary in life!
It’s against the rules of humanity to believe there is nothing we can do.
Two years were all we had, love," she whispered, "and we squandered them.
Any good humor is sophomoric. 'Sophomoric' is the liberal word for funny.
Remember, the worst hour of your life only lasts for sixty minutes. (292)
Why do there have to be men like that, men who enjoy another man's dying?
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself.
Man is forming thousands of ridiculous relations between himself and God.
All other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not honesty and good-nature
In plain Truth, it is no Want, but rather Abundance that creates Avarice.
One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.
Every place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity.
Rash and incessant scolding runs into custom and renders itself despised.
The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar.
I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget.
The body of man is a limitation. Only the spirit opens onto the infinite.
Once her love had been publicized, it would gain weight, become a burden.
Modern stupidity means not ignorance but the nonthought of received ideas