Quotes About Author

You,' I said. My throat was dry; I could barely speak. 'Not the greatest welcome I've ever had,' the voice said, 'but accurate. Yes, I can't deny it. Me.'

ALOOONE . . . Ooh, that was spooky,' it added. 'Almost frightened myself there.

Despite myself, of course, I also couldn't help being flattered by Lockwood's words of praise.

He had a very slender face, with a long nose and a dark mop of unruly hair.

You could stuff a cushion with all that hair. I wonder if—" "Hold it!" I said.

But she has little experience of helpless-looking boys.

As their conversation had ebbed, it left anxieties strewn behind it, scattered like pebbles in his mind.

Who knows? Maybe it's my natural style he envies, maybe my boyish charm. Perhaps it's my setup here—having my own agency, no one to answer to, with fine companions at my side." He caught my eye and smiled.

I've no interest in chasing girls while our neighbours are being murdered.

Well done, Albert." Scarlett's voice came from close behind him. "I'm right here. Just relax now. Ignore the shooting." Which was pretty much Albert's motto at the best of times.

Really?" "No. I'm being ironic. Or is it sarcastic? I can never remember." "Irony's cleverer, so you're probably being sarcastic.

Plan F, we follow Plan F, right now. - Is that the one where we run away? - Not at all. It's the one where we beat a dignified emergency retreat.

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.

Under an oak, in stormy weather,I joined this rogue and whore together;And none but he who rules the thunderCan put this rogue and whore asunder.

Indeed, madam, your ladyship is very sparing of your tea: I protest, the last I took was no more than water bewitch'd.

The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance and never to keep his work.

That was excellently observed', say I, when I read a passage in an author, where his opinion agrees with mine. When we differ, there I pronounce him to be mistaken.

I blame Hollywood for skewing perspectives. Life is just a big romantic comedy to them, and if you meet cute, happily ever-after is a forgone conclusion.

He has always had a dangerous tendency to embrace blind optimism in the face of hard facts.

Jesus Christ, it's like living with Stevie bloody Nicks,' I said, 'only without the cocaine, which would be more fun.

Well, we are making war for civilization, are we not? Very well, we are. Therefore, we eat in a civilized way.

But I do not think we can wait for painting. This place is dangerous for us. Perlain is already impatient with us. I can see it by the way he lashes his tail.

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever.