Donzella James Quotes

#1. As with men, it has always seemed to me that books have their own peculiar destinies. They go towards the people who are waiting for them and reach them at the right moment. They are made of living material and continue to cast light through the darkness long after the death of their authors.

Miguel Serrano

#2. Madam, I assure you that you are dealing with two gentleman of the highest propriety and social standing.
When one contemplates the deeds that are daily done in society's name, such a description is no high recommendation.

Paul Di Filippo

#3. There are no pimps, no whores, no transvestites - gone. Now that's more the culture I'm comfortable in ... I don't like it in the house, you know what I mean, but I like it somewhere around.

Iggy Pop

#4. The point isn't just whether children know what to expect; it's whether what they've come to expect makes sense.

Alfie Kohn

#5. The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.

Jack Germond

#6. I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news

John Muir

#7. Wisdom warns against desire, but there is power in wanting, power that can fuel the will and keep lit that precious torch, hope.

Eugene Uttley

#8. I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.

James Herbert

#9. Human beings are of such nature that they should have not only material facilities but spiritual sustenance as well. Without spiritual sustenance, it is difficult to get and maintain peace of mind.

Dalai Lama

#10. Joy is the anticipation of joy.

Rabih Alameddine

#11. I got very keen on biography because I wanted to change it. I wanted to stretch the form. I think of it as a way of capturing souls.

Ann Wroe

#12. The only real failure is trying to second-guess the taste of an audience. Nothing comes out of that except a kind of inward humiliation.

David Bowie

#13. The groves were God's first temples.

William C. Bryant