"Speech and prose are not the same thing. They have different wave-lengths, for speech moves at the speed of light, where prose moves at the speed of the alphabet, and must be consecutive and grammatical and word-perfect. Prose cannot gesticulate. Speech can sometimes do nothing more."

-- James Kenneth Stephen

#Moving Quotes #Light Quotes #Perfect Quotes

“I was angry at God until I came to understand that it isn't God's fault when people mistreat me. I still have my doubts at times, but I try to remember that God has given them the same free will that He's given me.”
“I never initiated nor did the FBI ever initiate any conversation or correspondence with me.”
“Please," said Lirael..."I think I would like to work in this Library." "The Library," repeated Sanar, looking troubled. "That can be dangerous to a girl of fourteen. Or a woman of forty, for that matter.”

Source : Garth Nix (2014). “Lirael”, p.38, Hot Key Books
“we are far too used to the assumption that poetry and poets will be there when we want them, no matter how long they have been ignored, taken for granted, misused. After all, isn't poetry a form of prophecy, and aren't prophets known for their talent for flourishing in inhospitable deserts and other bleak surroundings? Maybe. But maybe not indefinitely.”

Source : Jan Clausen (1982). “A movement of poets: thoughts on poetry and feminism”, Long Haul Pr
“When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me.”
“We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day.”

Source : Edward Carpenter (1916). “My days and dreams: being autobiographical notes”
“What you need for breakfast, they say in East Tennessee, is a jug of good corn liquor, a thick steak and a hound dog. Then you feed the steak to the dog.”
“Nobody likes to feel like they're on the losing side of anything.”

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