Quotes of: Edgar-allan-poe Keyword

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.

Sigmund Freud

He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.

Sigmund Freud

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

Sigmund Freud

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.

Sigmund Freud

Every man must find out for himself in what particular fashion he can be saved.

Sigmund Freud

We all live in a culture that is continually isolating feminine and masculine aspects, even when they're not related to people.

Siri Hustvedt

I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me.

Sharon Olds

Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate.

Sharon Olds

I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.

Sharon Olds

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Sophocles

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

Sophocles

Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver.

Sophocles

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

Sophocles

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Sophocles

Prefiero, señor, obrar bien y fracasar, antes que triunfar con malas artes. Palabras de Neoptólemo a Odiseo, en la tragedia griega Filoctetes.

Sophocles

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair...

Susan Polis Schutz

Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery.

Sara Teasdale

In my heart's most secret place, I pity them as angels do.

Sara Teasdale

Fantasy is, of course, booming, and I think it's beginning to stretch its range as well.

Sarah Zettel

I'll be damned if I want most folks out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves.

Toni Cade Bambara

Write a lot and hit the streets. A writer who doesn't keep up with what's out there ain't gonna be out there.

Toni Cade Bambara