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William Styron: They are the...

William Styron: They are the...

They are the constants of life, at the core of life, along with nice little delights that come along every now and...

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Ronald Firbank: The world is...

Ronald Firbank: The world is...

The world is disgracefully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.

Source:...

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Rumer Godden: Pax: peace, but...

Rumer Godden: Pax: peace, but...

Pax: peace, but what a strange peace, made of unremitting toil and effort, seldom with a seen result. ....

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John Fowles: Time is not...

John Fowles: Time is not...

Time is not a road -- it is a room.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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John Fowles: Men love war...

John Fowles: Men love war...

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at...

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Robert Ludlum: The premise which...

Robert Ludlum: The premise which...

The premise which will be the spinal thunderbolt of an incredible tale begins to take on substance as characters...

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E M Forster: Unless we remember...

E M Forster: Unless we remember...

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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J G Ballard: Electronic aids, particularly...

J G Ballard: Electronic aids, particularly...

Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality. Reality...

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Louisa May Alcott: Money is the...

Louisa May Alcott: Money is the...

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can...

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John Fowles: You are like...

John Fowles: You are like...

You are like a porcupine. When the animal has its spines erect, it cannot eat. If you do not eat, you will starve. And...

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George Eliot: The poverty of...

George Eliot: The poverty of...

The poverty of our imagination is no measure of say the world's resources. Our posterity will no doubt get fuel in...

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Thomas Wolfe: Not even the...

Thomas Wolfe: Not even the...

Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times, can discover a new...

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James Allen: In all human...

James Allen: In all human...

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of effort is the measure of the...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: To strive consciously...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: To strive consciously...

To strive consciously for an object and to engage in engineering -- that is, incessantly and eternally to make new...

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Dorothy L Sayers: A human being...

Dorothy L Sayers: A human being...

A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

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A A Milne: If the English...

A A Milne: If the English...

If the English language had been properly organized . . . then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she',...

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George Ade: For parlor use,...

George Ade: For parlor use,...

For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ernest Bramah: One learns to...

Ernest Bramah: One learns to...

One learns to itch where one can scratch.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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P D James: It was not...

P D James: It was not...

It was not . . . that she was unaware of the frayed and ragged edges of life. She would merely iron them out with a...

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Dorothy Gilman: A man from...

Dorothy Gilman: A man from...

A man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes.

Source: Incident at Badamaya,...

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