Quotes of: Edgar-allan-poe Keyword

Writing is the only way I know to demand justice from an uncaring universe.

Dorothy Allison

How can love's spaciousness be conveyed in the narrow confines of one syllable?

Diane Ackerman

I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff.

David Byrne

Reading a poem aloud to an audience is gestural as much as precise.

Douglas Dunn

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

Daisaku Ikeda

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

Don Marquis

If I were to write Web now, it would be a much, much darker book.

John M. Ford

The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating.

John M. Ford

Ours was not a political household, when I was growing up.

Judith Guest

Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer.

Jessica Hagedorn

Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.

John Heywood

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

Julia Ward Howe

The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.

Jean Ingelow

And old affront will stir the heart Through years of rankling pain.

Jean Ingelow

And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way.

Jean Ingelow

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.

Agnes Repplier

People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

August Strindberg

Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.

Emily Dickinson

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.

Fran Lebowitz

Gypsy was the name my brother gave a pet turtle he had. I always thought it was so peculiar.

Joel Hodgson

A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.

Mason Cooley