Ayrs's Quotes

#1. The ink of a pen is simply
the blood of a heart

Michael Biondi

#2. Other nights, Ayrs likes me to read him poetry, especially his beloved Keats. He whispers the verses as I recite, as if his voice is leaning on mine.

David Mitchell

#3. A man without a vote is man without protection.

Lyndon B. Johnson

#4. In the Belgian backwaters, south of Bruges, there lives a reclusive English composer, named Vyvyan Ayrs. You won't have heard of him because you're a musical oaf, but he's one of the greats.

David Mitchell

#5. Summer has taken a sensuous turn: Ayrs's wife and I are lovers. Don't alarm yourself! Only in the carnal sense.

David Mitchell

#6. Morocco is such a beautiful place. It's incredibly beautiful. And also it is captivating place because for a writer, you feel that you make impact.

Fatema Mernissi

#7. If you look for me, I'm in the fiction section. Romance has its own section.

Nicholas Sparks

#8. If we can't "love the sinner; hate the sin" then how can we relate to ourselves? Love who we are in Christ but still hate the sin remaining.

Timothy Keller

#9. In 1961, the United States began chemical warfare in Vietnam, South Vietnam, chemical warfare to destroy crops and livestock. That went on for seven years. The level of poison - they used the most extreme carcinogen known: dioxin. And this went on for years.

Noam Chomsky

#10. Most people, however clever, however controlled, never hid it completely. There were chinks, clues, habits. At some point, the real person showed through the facade.

J.D. Robb

#11. One more thing. I sold the mustang. Too conspicuous. Don't get too excited, but I bought you a little something with the extra cash. I heard you've had your eye on a Volkswagen. The owner is dropping it by tomorrow. I paid for a full tank of gas, so make sure she delivers.

Becca Fitzpatrick

#12. Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

Jean De La Bruyere

#13. In the smoky firelight the two old men nodded off like a pair of ancient kings passing the aeons in their tumuli. Made a musical notation of their snores. Elgar is to be played by a bass tuba, Ayrs a bassoon.

David Mitchell

#14. Everyone has things they're afraid of. It's part of being human.

Cassandra Clare

#15. They say that time heals a broken heart, but time has stood still since we've been apart.

Don Gibson

#16. Conduct is more convincing than language.

John Woolman