Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship
Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
Years passed; and he endured the idleness of his intelligence and the inertia of his heart.
Farming -- a vocation accursed of heaven, since one never saw a millionaire involved in it.
The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family.
One doesn't expect justice from life ... it's the function of human beings to put it there.
Hinduism is synonymous with humanism. That is its essence and its great liberating quality.
Science has toiled too long forging weapons for fools to use. It is time she held her hand.
How small the vastest of human catastrophes may seem, at a distance of a few million miles.
I've been half-frozen for so long, it is as though the winter has set up home in my marrow.
I usually say I write for the smartest, cleverest, wittiest audience I know, and that's me.
If you do anything out of the ordinary, you can be sure someone, somewhere, will get upset.
I go by the gut. I might not appear to have any talent but I've got plenty of gut instinct.
Ever since that happened to me, I haven't been able to give myself to anyone in this world.
Kids' hearts are malleable, but once they gel it's hard to get them back the way they were.
No matter what the situation may be, I still take pleasure in witnessing the joy of others.
I’m me, and at the same time not me. That’s what it felt like. A very still, quiet feeling.
I'm not human. I'm a piece of machinery. I don't need to feel a thing. Just forge on ahead.
That's evolution. Evolution's always hard. Hard and bleak. No such thing as happy evolution
I don't know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.
Remorse is impotence; it will sin again. Only repentance is strong - it can end everything.
Life's wildest moment---she kneels on the sidewalk. Everything else she does is lies, lies.
I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.
I forget the name of the place; I forget the name of the girl; but the wine was Chambertin.
The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.
The definition of a writing career, is write a book, write another book, write another book
Aging is not uncomplicated. Creativity is an extraordinary help against destructive demons.
Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.
Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process.
Affection is like the noonday sun; it does not need the presence of another to be manifest.
I was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story.
Fiction happens in the womb. It doesn't get processed in the mind until you do the editing.
If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.
It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.
Far, far below the deepest delvings of the dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things.
Touching your cap to the Squire may be damn bad for the Squire, but it's damn good for you.
These are just the tip of the iceberg, because I read and read and read. I read everything.
I couldnt be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because Im pretty optimistic.
My favorite reader is one that revisits books and gets something new out of them each time.
The hardest part is telling one's story. Once the story is on the page, the rest will come.
Interesting doesn't always equal practical, but being practical is always less interesting.
Historical novels are hard to do for the general public for commercial writers like myself.
To express the emotions of life is to live. To express the life of emotions is to make art.
I think I got a bruise from landing on you. I hear bacon is real good for healing a bruise.
My body is not designed to run. My body was designed to sit in an expensive care and drive.
I really wouldn't classify the books as mysteries. I prefer to say that they're adventures.
The camera is simply not the supple and powerful instrument of description that the pen is.