I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect.
If you get the right ones in the right order, you might nudge the world a little
or make a poem that children will speak for you when you are dead.
Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing
A created thing is never invented and it is never true:
it is always and ever itself.
Frederico Fellini, I'm a Born Liar: A Fellini Lexicon
Attention, taken to its highest degree,
is the same thing as prayer.
Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves;
let us be above such transparent egotism.
If you can't say good and encouraging things, say nothing.
Nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say.
Will Durant, 1958 commencement address
Webb School of Claremont, California
In the entire circle of the year
there are no days so delightful
as those of a fine October.
Alexander Smith, Last Leaves: Sketches and Criticisms
