"the most deeply moving element in the contemplation of beauty is the element of loss. We desire to hold; but the sunset melts into the night, and the secret of the painting on the wall can never be the secret of the buyer."

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Source : Pamela Hansford Johnson (1952). “Catherine Carter: A Novel”, London Macmillan 1952.

Pamela Hansford Johnson

#Beauty Quotes #Wall Quotes #Moving Quotes

“So far, sheâ€™d been her usual lame self: solitary and routine-loving, carefully avoiding any path that might lead to spontaneous human interaction. Lena Kaligaris”
“Somebody asked me what do you regret. I said, well I was offered the role of Maverick in 'Top Gun' and I turned it down”
“It's tremendously hard work. Yes, I love arranging the words and having them fall on the ear the right way and you know you're not quite there and you're redoing it and redoing it and there's a wonderful thrill to it. But it is hard.”

Source : "The Authors' Roundtable". Interview with Jon Meacham, www.newsweek.com. June 26, 2009.
“The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.”
“I would say being in that institution - that psyche ward, or whatever it was. That was really creepy because it was a real place from like the early 1900s.”
“In 1835 at Kirtland I learned from my Sisters Husband Lyman R. Shirman, who was close to the Prophet and Received it from him. That the ancient order of plural marriage was again to be practiced by the Church.”
“When I first met Adèle I was like, ‘Wow, this girl has a strong character!’ She has something very free about her. I’m not used to it. Some actresses are too self-aware, they strike a pose. Adèle is a force of nature.”
“To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a 'home' might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation.”

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