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“For God's sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.”
Source : Anton Chekhov (2008). “How to Write Like Chekhov: Advice and Inspiration, Straight from His Own Letters and Work”, p.24, Da Capo Press
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“My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.”
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“Beautiful things never last. That’s why fireflies flash.”
Source : Song: Fireflies, Album: Daylight
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“For when a woman is left too much alone, sooner or later she begins to think; and no man knows what then she may discover.”
Source : Edwin Arlington Robinson, James P. Carley (1990). “Edwin Arlington Robinson”, p.319, Boydell & Brewer
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“There are other great writers who are not read properly in their own day for the reason, perhaps, that their readers are not yet born. What they have to say to their own generation is said so at cross-purposes and with such apparent irrelevance that it is not understood. They are, as it were, giants who tower above their own age to cast their shadows across the next.”
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“Itch to read, scratch to understand.”
Source : "The Pillow Book". Drama, 1996.
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“Experience had taught me that innocence seldom utters outraged shrikes. Guilt does. Innocence is a mighty shield, and the man or woman covered by it, is much more likely to answer calmly: 'My life is blameless. Look into it, if you like, for you will find nothing.' That is the tone of innocence.”
Source : Whittaker Chambers (1952). “Witness”
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“There is this cliche of, "Oh, your professional life is fine, but your romantic life isn't." But, that's also really true of me and all my friends. You don't want to not do something that's relatable simply because you're worried that it might be cliche.”
