Quotes of: Poe Keyword

Io suuicien lui damo amo," she said softly. "You are here in place of the friends I love.

Connie Willis

One of the nastier trends in library management in recent years is the notion that libraries should be 'responsive to their patrons'.

Connie Willis

I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember.

David Antin

I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.

David Antin

I have spoken to expert audiences occasionally, but then no audience is expert over the whole range of things I want to explore.

David Antin

Disney made a fortune out of inventing the businessman's idea of the imaginary as the contradictory of the businessman's idea of the real.

David Antin

A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars.

David Antin

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.

Diane Ackerman

My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair.

Diane Ackerman

One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.

Dorothy Allison

If you write a book that's as powerful and successful as 'Bastard,' there's a strong desire to prove there's something else.

Dorothy Allison

It began in mystery and it will end in mystery, but what a rare and beautiful country lies in between.

Diane Ackerman

Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different..." from Two or Three Things i Know For Sure

Dorothy Allison

A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.

Djuna Barnes

New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.

Djuna Barnes

I played a killer twice. Once on 'Matlock,' on Andy Griffith's show, I got to play the killer.

Dick Van Dyke

We must take steps to prevent further nuclear weapons development or modernization.

Daisaku Ikeda

So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force.

Daisaku Ikeda

But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts.

Daisaku Ikeda

I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

Denis Johnson

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

Don Marquis