Quotes About Author

Crime is common. Logic is rare.

I fear that I bore you with these details, but I have to let you see my little difficulties, if you are to understand the situation.

Do you note the peculiar construction of the sentence—'This account of you we have from all quarters received.' A Frenchman or Russian could not have written that. It is the German who is so uncourteous to his verbs.

What a blind beetle I have been, not to draw my conclusion. And what is your conclusion? Only that it is a remarkable cow which walks, canters, and gallops.

love is an emotional experience and everything emotional is contradictory to my methods. I will never marry in order to avoid contaminating my judgement Sherlock Holmes

I have already explained to you that what is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance.There are fifty who can reason synthetically for one who can read analytically.

His knowledge of books, however superficial, was sufficient to impress upon their ignorance respect for his supposed learning;

By my faith,' said Wamba, 'it would seem the Templars love the Jews' inheritance better than they do their company.

I keep the bible in a pool of blood so that none of its lies can affect me.

From the Niflung lineage came Gjuki.

What I have never witnessed is a writer's work succeeding notably in a field he doesn't habitually read for pleasure.

Writers of nonfiction have the right—perhaps even the responsibility—to access the wonders of the writer's craft to make their work interesting and enjoyable.

The Art & Craft of Novel Writing by Oakley

The best of good writing will entice us into subjects and knowledge we would have declared were of no interest to us until we were seduced by the language they were dressed in.

I ask no paradise on high, With cares on earth oppressed, The only heaven for which I sigh, Is rest, eternal rest.

O título [da peça Vladimir Maiakóvski, do autor de mesmo nome] escondia uma revelação brilhantemente simples, a de que o poeta não é o autor, mas o objeto da poesia lírica, dirigindo-se ao mundo na primeira pessoa. O título designava não o autor, mas o conteúdo. Boris Pasternak

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I am a warrior in the time of women warriors; the longing for justice is the sword I carry.

The Goa'uld use the pyramid form as landing platforms and to channel power through their ships.

He turns slightly... and smiles. Just a small smile, but lovely. Sexy.

Emma, I'm sorry, I can't help you. This is a disaster. You're completely vulnerable. It's like going into battle in a nightie.

I bet he never goes on YouTube. He's too busy. It's only tragic cases like you and me who are always online.

what would Poirot do? Poirot wouldn't flap around in a panic. He'd stay calm and use his little grey cells and recall some tiny, vital detail which would be the clue to everything.

Something tells me organizing a protest against your husband's client has got to be even worse than selling his Tiffany clocks.