Digressed English Quotes

#1. life was not a joyride at an amusement park. It was a deadly serious affair and only through a combination of solid values, self-control, and a steady commitment to a worthwhile goal was there a chance to achieve happiness.

Arthur C. Clarke

#2. Uh, a honking big castle of evil in Germany?

James Patterson

#3. The next day the government of South Africa announced that full civil rights would be restored to the white minority.

Arthur C. Clarke

#4. All the wild-witches, those most notable ladies For all their broom-sticks and their tears, Their angry tears, are gone.

William Butler Yeats

#5. The supreme virtue in art is soul, perhaps it is the only thing which gives it the right to be.

Willa Cather

#6. There were as many truths - overlapping, stewed together - as there were tellers. The truth mattered less than the story's life. A story forgotten died. A story remembered not only lived, but grew.

Patrick Ness

#7. I used to download a lot of music, and I understand it in this economy, but personally I buy my music. It feels good to be able to support a band you like. Plus, it'd be really hypocritical if I were still doing that, since I really hope people are buying and experiencing my music.

Max Bemis

#8. . . the humanities encourage the development of our own humanity. They are our instruments of self-exploration.

Michael Dirda

#9. This morning could have been perfect. The cruel truth is they have never been. Give us loneliness or give us death.

Sean Gabler