Apothegmatic Quotes

#1. Eventually every man reaches a point where every memory is unwelcome

Steven Erikson

#2. I don't think anyone strives to be anything negative. I just think that it's our nature to only focus on a few things in life and forget about a lot of other stuff.

Madonna Ciccone

#3. Corbin, I don't know if I'll ever be able to break down all the walls I have. I can't promise you that I'll never run again, or that I'll never shut down. But what I can promise is that I've felt more alive in the past two weeks than I ever will again if you walk out of my life.

Kandi Steiner

#4. Genetically, I'm pure Greek. Psychologically, environmentally, culturally, by choice, I'm a member of the black community.

Johnny Otis

#5. History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.

Gore Vidal

#6. The cards spoke to a suspicion that many whose work is play can never be free of: that you can only flaunt your triviality for so long before punishment is due.

Helen Oyeyemi

#7. I was writing notes, but not composing poems. The Hunter began to develop out of this fragmented process.

George Murray

#8. Personally I always feel like I could use a little more of poetry apothegmatic power in my own work but we're always lacking something.

Junot Diaz