William Dean Howells Editha Quotes

#1. True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.

Bernard Of Clairvaux

#2. It's astonishing how well the worse reason looks when you try to make it appear the better.

William Dean Howells

#3. I walked along to the double doors and stood in front of them. They were motionless now. It wasn't any of my business. So I pushed them open and looked in.

Raymond Chandler

#4. The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule.

Patti Smith

#5. I am yours, for time and eternity
time and eternity.

William Dean Howells

#6. No matter how well things are going, failure and disaster are just around the corner. So celebrate the good, but be ready for the bad.

Vivek Wadhwa

#7. At the end of a matter ask, "What will I learn from this to make me better?"

Mary Anne Radmacher

#8. Where there is an unknowable, there is a promise.

Thornton Wilder

#9. Those who hate to love ain't better than those who love to hate.

Toba Beta

#10. She liked the words; they satisfied her famine for phrases.

William Dean Howells

#11. We can't be good unless we know what bad is, and it's a shame we're working against time.

Ray Bradbury

#12. I wish you to believe whatever you think is true, at any and every cost.

William Dean Howells

#13. I haven't done anything--yet.

William Dean Howells

#14. Theophilus Crowe's mobile phone played eight bars of "Tangled Up in Blue" in an irritating electronic voice that sounded like a choir of suffering houseflies, or Jiminy Cricket huffing helium, or, well, you know, Bob Dylan.

Christopher Moore

#15. His eyes lock with mine and then he kisses me hard on the mouth.

Instantly, my soul wakes up. And that's what a good kiss should do. It should make you come alive. It speaks to you the minute your lips connect.

You don't think.

You react.

You feel.

Calia Read