Dodie Smith Quote

He had an answer to almost everything and he retired at an early age.

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.

Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.

Use the wings of the flying Universe, Dream with open eyes; See in darkness.

There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.

I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art.

Turn those deep feelings and obsessions of your heart into captivating pieces of literature.

She might not have read many books. But when she reads a book, she swallows the very words. If you open the books on her shelves, you will find that the front and back covers encase white pages.

You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that is or was not read to pass an exam, to please God, or to be a better cook.

Many things in this period have been hard to bear, or hard to take seriously. My own profession went into a protracted swoon during the Reagan-Bush-Thatcher decade, and shows scant sign of recovering...