"Yes, letter writing is antiquated - though there remain a few renegades who still so treasure the luxury of contemplating their lives in letters that they would rather write than call."

-- Joan Frank

#Writing Quotes #Luxury Quotes #Treasure Quotes

“You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.”
“I didn't want to get married - I thought it was like a cult! It seemed so conservative and unnatural.”
“The beauty of the picture is an abiding concrete of the painter's vision.”

Source : Philip Massinger, Hartley Coleridge, John Ford (1848). “The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford. With an introduction, by Hartley Coleridge”, p.20
“You want a story? Read 'Gone With the Wind'. These aren't stories. They're joke books. The whole thing of a beginning, a middle and an end has been done to death.”
“You should never fall in love with your own press clippings, because it is very much the nature of the beast that the same journalists who build you up between Monday and Friday tear you down for weekend fun...My family's habit of living in the past seems to me pathological, even dangerous. If all greatness lies in the past, what is the point of the future?”

Source : "The Emperor of Ocean Park". Book by Stephen L. Carter, 2002.
“How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms”
“Bonnie and Clyde, while one of the best movies ever made, was far more interested in portraying Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker as romantic anti-establishment Robin Hoods than what they really were: white-trash spree killers.”
“Ask yourself... If my body were a metaphor for my life, what would the message be?”

Source : Denise Linn (2010). “Unlock the Secret Messages of Your Body!: A 28-Day Jump-Start Program for Radiant Health and Glorious Vitality (Large Print 16pt)”, p.14, ReadHowYouWant.com

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