Prosing Quotes

#1. A club there is of smokers
dare you come
To that close, clouded, hot, narcotic room?
When, midnight past, the very candles seem
Dying for air, and give a ghastly gleam;
When curling fumes in lazy wreaths arise,
And prosing topers rub their winking eyes.

George Crabbe

#2. To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls. Not to act upon that ambition is to turn our backs on ourselves and on the reason for our existence.

Steven Pressfield

#3. What he knew, he knew from books, and books lied, they made things prettier.

Hanya Yanagihara

#4. I've seen so many versions of you. With me. Without me. Artist. Teacher. Graphic designer. But it's all, in the end, just life. We see it macro, like one big story, but when you're in it, it's all just day-to-day, right? And isn't that what you have to make your peace with?

Blake Crouch

#5. I told everyone you didn't go poof, but they just looked at me funny," said Maddie. Cedar shook her head. "You said, 'Tiny crow crowned unconfused with a cloud.'

Shannon Hale

#6. Unfortunately, gambling and winning don't often go hand-in-hand.

Pete Rose

#7. A Strong Severe New Tree, Called : P-E-T-R-A
Was Standing ... Before A Dark Old Moon,
of Old Ages.

P.C.M. Hermans
August 16, 2016
- Amen -

Petra Hermans

#8. I know that's not something that people like to do - identify a favorite. But I do.

Michael Graves