Quotes About Imagination

who wanted to see a monster, even if it meant that you got to tell everyone about it?

Imaginary houses are sexy. Real ones are work.

Some writers write to escape reality. Others write to understand it. But the best writers write in order to take possession of reality, and so transform it.

There were two girls in a room. They were reading a book. Now there are two wolves.

There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it.

Books. I needed to ground myself and nothing, not even the Jay, quite does it like books. I don't always have the focus to read them but I sure do need them around

wondered if he really was capable of it. Then he thought what a thrill it would be to create something from nothing; to see, one day in the future, a new church here where now there was nothing but rubble, and to say: I made this.

He wondered if he really was capable of it. Then he thought what a thrill it would be to create something from nothing; to see, one day in the future, a new church here where now there was nothing but rubble, and to say: I made this.

Su mente era como una casa que había ido amueblando durante toda su vida. Las mesas y las camas eran las canciones que sabía cantar, las obras que había visto, las catedrales que había admirado y los libros que había leído en inglés, francés y latín.

Edgar's family believed in plans. His father had often said that you had to build the entire boat in your imagination before picking up the first piece of timber.

His mind was like a house he had spent his life furnishing.

Sometimes Winston imagined he had devised a policy when all he had done was coin a phrase.

estaban locos por los aeroplanos, y soñaban con ser pilotos.

Você acha que a história é verdadeira? Ela o fitou, com interesse, e ele se perdeu naqueles lindos olhos escuros. - Não sei - respondeu. - Sempre fico pensando se as histórias são verdadeiras ou não. A maioria das pessoas não liga, simplesmente gosta delas.

para que esculpiera por anticipado piedras

His father had often said that you had to build the entire boat in your imagination before picking up the first piece of timber.

Por desgracia, Jesús se aparecía a los chicos con imaginaciones febriles, no a hombres sobrios y racionales.

Un hombre creyó que podía volar, así que saltó de la azotea de un edificio de diez plantas

Sylvie appeared startled by that thought. Perhaps she had not imagined that children might bring pain as well as joy.

Se sentía como si volara, o como si soñara; como si hubiera dado un enorme trago de vodka.

Se avesse raccontato a qualcuno quei dialoghi, avrebbero detto che comunicava con un fantasma e allora sarebbero accorsi i preti con l'acqua santa e gli esorcismi: ma lui sapeva che non c'era niente di soprannaturale in quello che succedeva. Semplicemente, la conosceva così bene da poter immaginare che cosa avrebbe pensato e detto in ogni circostanza.

The faintest imaginable starlight penetrated the clouds.

Durante todo el viaje había pensado en aquel lugar. En

You know what Stanley Baldwin said about Churchill?" Baldwin, a Conservative, had been prime minister before Chamberlain. "When Winston was born, lots of fairies swooped down on his cradle with gifts—imagination, eloquence, industry, ability—and then came a fairy who said: 'No person has a right to so many gifts,' picked him up, and gave him such a shake and a twist that he was denied judgment and wisdom.