M. R. James famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It's strictly coincidental that Pluto of course was named for the god of the underworld and we're describing these Halloween moons
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
I love Halloween and dressing up. I usually have at least three costumes.
A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It's just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.
Sleeping on it didn't make accepting it any easier. It seemed like a really bad dream.
Do we weep for the heroes who died for us, Who living were true and tried for us, And dying sleep side by side for us; The martyr band That hallowed our land With the blood they shed in a tide for us?
They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.
On the rare occasions when I spend a night in Oxford, the keeping of the hours by the clock towers in New College, and Merton, and the great booming of Tom tolling 101 times at 9 pm at Christ Church are inextricably interwoven with memories and regrets and lost joys. The sound almost sends me mad, so intense are the feelings it evokes.
Oh, treacherous night thou lendest thy ready veil to every treason, and teeming mischief's beneath thy shade.
Music is what mathematics does on a Saturday night.

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