Quotes of: Monday-night Keyword

Anybody who talks about the future is a bastard, it's the present that counts. Invoking posterity is like making speeches to worms.

Journey to the End of the Night

[T]he Dollar is always too light, a genuine Holy Ghost, more precious than blood.

Journey to the End of the Night

Philosophizing is simply one way of being afraid, a cowardly pretense that doesn't get you anywhere.

Journey to the End of the Night

The sadness of the world has different ways of getting to people, but it seems to succeed almost every time.

Journey to the End of the Night

A woman who spends her time worrying about pregnancy is a virtual cripple, she'll never go very far.

Journey to the End of the Night

There is no rest for the humble except in despising the great, whose only thought of the people is inspired by self-interest or sadism.

Journey to the End of the Night

The heart makes its choices without weighing the consequences. It doesn't look ahead to the lonely nights that follow.

Keeping The Dead

I was besieged by a yearning, a craving, a burning desire. My heart had opened like one of those mysterious flowers that only bloom at night.

Katie in Love

It is at night when sleep like the outgoing sea leaves you dry and cold and the morning light arrives like a small punishment.

Katie in Love

Writing is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

Ragtime

The perfect weather of Indian Summer lengthened and lingered, warm sunny days were followed by brisk nights with Halloween a presentiment in the air.

Remembering Laughter

So it turns out that late-night flashes of brilliance often look a little less brilliant in the bright light of morning.

The Rules

I just want you to know , I love serenity, and peace; no craziness, no weird people turning up in the middle of the night.

Relentless: The Memoir

On a cloudy night, when nothing seems above, still, there is love. Always love. For something, from someone. It's never done. Never.

Sky Beyond the Clouds

Men chase by night those they will not greet by day.

Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson

Write in the morning, revise in the afternoon, read at night, and spend the rest of your time exercising your diplomacy, stealth, and charm.

The Savage Detectives

If you’re supposed to work with someone, I’d recommend not getting all hot and bothered with them the night before. The word of the day was “tense.

By the Sea

The night and the streets were ours and the future lay sparkling ahead. And we thought we would know each other forever.

Sleepers

I wouldn't be comfortable, but at least I'd have marginal protection against pointy steel objects that went stab in the night.

Magic Lost, Trouble Found

Oh, aye. I'm the devil all right. And last night, you were begging to step into the fire.

My False Heart

The cure for a broken heart is simple, my lady. A hot bath and a good night's sleep.

Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles