Heroic Couplet Quotes

#1. It was the poem that explained the nature of courage and turned the mystery of death into a heroic couplet. Ultimately, it was the poem that banished fear from the heart and transformed us from actors into participants.

James Lee Burke

#2. This is magic we're talking about. It's supposed to go places science can't, defy logic, wink at technology, fill us all with the sensawunda that comes of gazing upon a fictional world and seeing something truly different from our own.

N.K. Jemisin

#3. Songs of praise the angels sang, Heav'n with alleluias rang, when creation was begun, when God spoke and it was done.

James Montgomery

#4. Oh, that that old man in Westmoreland would die and be gathered to his fathers, now that he was full of years and ripe for the sickle! But there was no sign of death about the old man.

Anthony Trollope

#5. Why does a heart wear its eyes
into hell
like slivers of false sunshine

Fanny Howe

#6. Everyone has a right to an opinion. I can arrive in England and express my opinion. If criticism were ferocious and without intellectual objectivity they should show me the way to their airport. It is important to have an opinion and not be afraid to express it, knowing there will be criticism.

Jose Mourinho

#7. Obamacare is, number one and maybe least importantly, it's costing the country a fortune.

Donald Trump

#8. The truth is, writing is this: hard and boring and occasionally great but usually not.

Amy Poehler

#9. I miss it: the smell of sand, sweat, and gunpowder, rings of salt from dried sweat on my pants' legs, and around my waist just under where my armor sits.

Adam Fenner

#10. Considering what is at stake politically, economically and technically for most organizations; usually justifying IT governance deployment based on one viewpoint narrows suitability and expected benefits.

Robert E. Davis