98 quotes found
“We are in the Dark to one another's Purposes and Intendments, and there are a thousand Intrigues in our little Matters, which will not presently confess their Design, even to sagacious Inquisitors...”
“Sometimes there are moments in life that defy human reasoning; unique occurrences that simply cannot properly be resolved with the natural mind. So its only when one reaches further than themselves...”
“The thoughts from a finite mind can at times be very similar to the clouds that move about over the surface of the earth. Both can cover a lot of ground, and can either disperse or increase in form...”
“Thundering, roaring, are the storms of life. Momentary hardships that, unveiled, reveal a purpose beyond carnal reasoning. The pain can get intense, the hurt can be severe, but one must look beyond...”
“No! You stay alive! Submit, do you hear? You're strong, you survive. You stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far, I will find you . . . (H...”
“Doubt youd find anyone as dashingly charming as me”
“Never once did I think you were less than a good person.”
“With the right tools, you can write anything ...”
“The threat of war hung on the air like a thick fog and it blinded him until he could see nothing beyond the haze. Even the stars grew faint.”
“Every novel has at least three stories. Of course, theres story in its pages. But then theres the story of its writing. And theres also the story of its reaching, or not reaching, the bigger world ...”
“The novel is born not of the theoretical spirit but of the spirit of humor.”
“Long novels written today are perhaps a contradiction: the dimension of time has been shattered, we cannot love or think except in fragments of time each of which goes off along its own trajectory ...”
“Oh, readers. If only you knew what we've gone through for you.”
“Its always nice to learn a thing or two from a novel, dont you think?”
“... novels contained something inexpressibly delicious.”
“Alive, and one. We are one, and while we love, death will never touch us. 'The grave's a fine and private place/ but none, I think, do there embrace.”
“Strange looks everything for a stranger!”
“A novelist's job is almost to be a stupid as possible, except in the cunning moment when you need to structure something, when you need to be very intelligent indeed. The rest of the time, you need...”
“I think politics is deadly to write about, frankly. If you have a political agenda and you set out to write a novel to prove that, say, capitalism should crumble, then it's going to be a really bad...”
“The world is always full of the sound of waves.The little fishes, abandoning themselves to the waves, dance and sing, and play, but who knows the heart of the sea, a hundred feet down? Who knows it...”
