The Art Of Fiction No 149 Quotes

#1. One always tends to overpraise a long book because one has got through it

E.M.Foster

#2. That they will be sources of inspiration illuminating the past and vivifying the present; that they will fortify the spirit on which victory depends. Despite

Robert M. Edsel

#3. If you see the world as gloomily as I see it, the only thing to do is laugh or shoot yourself.

John Le Carre

#4. All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and the good, are never lost.

James Martineau

#5. People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.

W.B.Yeats

#6. The student who secures his coveted leisure and retirement by systematically shirking any labor necessary to man obtains but an ignoble and unprofitable leisure, defrauding himself of the experience which alone can make leisure fruitful.

Henry David Thoreau

#7. Life was a storm to wander through.

Stephen Vincent Benet

#8. Running ain't no bad thing. Leastways if you run in the right direction.

Mark Lawrence

#9. Having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card.
[Arthur]

PBS Kids

#10. Enduring happiness only comes when you share your happiness with others.

Debasish Mridha

#11. I WANT A friend called Penelope. When I know her well enough, I'll ask her why she doesn't rhyme with antelope.

Caitriona Lally

#12. If you don't ask the right question, who will?

David Sturt