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By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.
As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.
Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.
When bankers get together they talk about art. When artists get together, they talk about money.
Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.
It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realize
What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul.
The youth of the present day are quite monstrous. They have absolutely no respect for dyed hair.
If you are going to tell people the truth, you had better make them laugh or they will kill you.
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.
For us there is only one season, the season of sorrow. The very sun and moon seem taken from us.
Men know life too early. Women know life too late. That is the difference between men and women.
Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.
We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body.
Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things.
Oh, no doubt the cod is a splendid swimmer - admirable for swimming purposes but not for eating.
Schopenhauer has analysed the pessimism that characterize modern thought, but Hamlet invented it
It is to be doubted whether he will ever find the way to heaven who desires to go thither alone.
She looked like something that might have occured to Ibsen in one of his less frivolous moments.
Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.
They’d blame a castoff just for breathing. You could be good as gold and they’d still blame you.
Most Christians do not have fellowship with God; they have fellowship with each other about God.
New rules. If you are smart enough to live, you won’t hit Charles’s mate in front of his father.
Time was such an odd thing. One moment you could talk to someone, then suddenly, they were gone.
Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life. ~ Bran
Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.
It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive.
I'd love to get a chance to talk shop with Joss Whedon. That's pretty high up there on the list.
Joss [Whedon] is an excellent storyteller. It really doesn't matter what medium he's working in.
You don't have a Batman without Bruce Wayne. Batman is the edge or scary image for Bruce to use.
To recognize negativism as a force of creation is to give up the creative standpoint altogether.
The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women.
History unravels; circumstances, following their natural inclination, prefer to remain ravelled.
As you move through life, set aside good ideas and give them to others to encourage and inspire.
It is so much better to get the right exposure than to have to mess around later with Photoshop.
Venom first made his appearance some years ago in a Spider-Man book, and was a huge best-seller.
My characters tend to be people who are looking back on a life lived, their joys, their regrets.
Truly embracing the fragility and tensions of life...brings with it the possibility of true joy.
For writers that rehearsal period is death. It is the most destructive thing of all to a script.
Fight on land and sea All men want to be free If they don't never mind we'll abolish all mankind
Something unfathomable lies behind every thought ... something for which there aren't any words.
I have, for a very long time, been a huge admirer of Marilynne Robinson, whose work I just love.
I haven't written a young-adult book in years. I'm also doing six 'Goosebumps' books a year now.
I can make up stories with the best of them. I've been telling stories since I was a little kid.
Jason: I'm all for hobbies, but you think this is the time for origami? Whatcha making, a crane?
Oh, try not to sound so much like Mom—you don’t have the ovaries" (Monica Morrell - Last Breath)
Strange, I thought, how you can be living your dreams and your nightmares at the very same time.