Quotes About Author

Lei assomiglia in modo eccezionale a sua madre. Non ho mai avuto il piacere di conoscerla di persona, ma Rodrig Ivanovi? mi ha gentilmente promesso di mostrarmela in fotografia».

The decrees of society are temporary ones; what Tolstoy is interested in are the eternal demands of morality.

Oh, he was quite a scholar, Mr. Taxovich.

Then Van and Ada met in the passage, and would have kissed at some earlier stage of the Novel's Evolution in the History of Literature.

expecting every moment some awful change, some diabolical sneer to disfigure the dear face bending over you

So I lingered there, pretending, in front of my own self, that I had something to write

Had I not somehow tampered with her fate by involving her image in my voluptas

I mesmerized him with it, I saturated him with my vision, I pressed upon him, with a drunkard's wild generosity, all that I was helpless myself to put into verse.

Where, where... M'sieur Pierre mimicked him. You know where. Off to do chop-chop.

I, on my part, was as naive as only a pervert can be

as if it were a point of honor—which, indeed, a point of art often is.

He was an amateur of sex lore

L'estil i l'estructura són l'essència d'un bon llibre; les grans idees són estupideses. El estilo y la estructura son a esencia de un buen libro; las grandes ideas son estupideces

I have tried to teach you to read books for the sake of their form, their visions, their art. I have tried to teach you to feel a shiver of artistic satisfaction, to share not the emotions of the people in the book but the emotions of its author — the joys and difficulties of creation. We did not talk around books, about books; we went to the center of this or that masterpiece, to the live heart of the matter.

Some might think that the creativity, imagination, and flights of fancy that give my life meaning are insanity.

Today, one hardly talks about strategy without using the language of competition.

The creation of blue oceans, in other words, is a product of strategy and as such is very much a product of managerial action.

The greatest blocks to utility often represent the greatest and most pressing opportunities to unlock exceptional value.

No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it's only a question of degree.

Them cool green leaves Is waitin' to shelter me O, little tree!

Siren Servers are narcissists; blind to where value comes from, including the web of global interdependence that is at the core of their own value.

By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever.

The state of perpetual emptiness is, of course, very good for business.

Used titanium hunting knife: sixty-three dollars. Value: priceless.