Top 15 Ylsm Quotes
#1. When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp ...
James Russell Lowell
#2. I don't think music affects what words I choose to type in what order, within what punctuation, at this point, because I'm rereading and editing each sentence, at this point, in my published books, probably 100-150 times each, on average, and listening to probably 20-60 different songs in that time.
Tao Lin
#3. I have a very positive outlook on things. It's hard to predict how actual books are going to do but I'm not freaked out about ebooks taking over. I think there are probably more active readers now because of computers and iPhones.
Kevin Sampsell
#7. One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.
Wilfrid Sheed
#8. I won't go up in a plane, but if a play crashes, I'll jump into the next one that comes along and take it up for a spin.
Paul Muni
#10. He did not seek to efface pain in forgetfulness, he sought to elevate it and to dignify it with hope. He would say, "Be careful how you turn to the dead. Don't think of the rotting. Hold your gaze and you will see the living light of your dearly loved departed up above in heaven.
Victor Hugo
#11. You can't fake some of this chemistry, even when you get a guy and a girl and they've got to be together.
Mike Binder
#12. If I knew that I could die, I would live. My life, my death, my choice.
Terry Pratchett
#13. There's so much absurdity. Poverty is so absurd.
Frank McCourt
#15. Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.
Madame De Stael
