"Modern as the style of Pascal's writing is, his thought is deeply impregnated with the spirit of the Middle Ages. He belonged, almost equally, to the future and to the past."

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Source : Lytton Strachey (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)”, p.45, Delphi Classics

Lytton Strachey

#Writing Quotes #Past Quotes #Style Quotes

“We are equal inhabitants of a paradise of individuals in which everybody has the right to be understood.”
“God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.”
“I have fallen in love with the imagination. And if you fall in love with the imagination, you understand that it is a free spirit. It will go anywhere, and it can do anything.”

Source : Alice Walker (2013). “The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker”, p.298, The New Press
“On Girls I like being a mouthpiece for the issues I think young females face today. Itâ€™s always shocking when people question whether itâ€™s a feminist show. How could a show about women exploring women not be? Feminism isnâ€™t a dirty word. Itâ€™s not like weâ€™re a deranged group who think women should take over the planet, raise our young on our own and eliminate men from the picture. Feminism is about women having all the rights that men have.”
“There are only three people in life you can never fool--pawnbrokers, whores, and your mother. Since your mother's dead, I've taken her place. Hence, I'm bullshit-proof.”

Source : Scott Lynch (2006). “The Lies of Locke Lamora”, p.25, Spectra
“Oh, filmmakers, please don't take my soft book and turn it into a horror, or take my horror and make it soft.”
“I think she suspects something, though. Weâ€™ve had cherry pie for dessert five nights in a row.â€ His voice drawled, and my smile deepened.”
“My whole thing was, as much as I was inspired by what my parents do, and growing up on film sets, watching that made me really want to do that. I am my own person, and I think that the only thing with the Hemingway name is that it has gotten me in the door.”

Source : "Dree Hemingway on 'Starlet,' Porn and Her Famous Great-Grandfather, Ernest". Interview with Jordan Zakarin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 21, 2012.

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