Quotes About Expression

The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.

Oh! my dear children, if you did but know how the heart instinctively turns from a sullen countenance — how hateful is that expression which some like to put on when they are ever so slightly offended, thinking it a point of honour not to smile or speak, but to look sulky for hours — how such a look changes the warmest love of parent, or sister, or friend, into dislike!

A preface is usually an excrescence on a good book, and a vain apology for a worthless one;

The sheriff listened uneasily to a sound, very uncommon at elections, of the populace expressing an opinion contrary to that of the lord of the soil.

I remember another aphorism of my father's, one that he used to say whenever we passed someone pissing openly in the street: add color to life when you can.

Somehow freedom for religious expression has become freedom from religious expression.

Sesinde, tesadüfen ya da bir düÅŸ k?r?kl???n?, belki de gerçek bir üzüntüyü yans?tan bir titreme oldu.

hem sevinç hem hüzün ifade eden belli belirsiz bir gülümseme yavaÅŸça yüzünü ayd?nlat?yordu.

Ogni vero dolore viene scritto su lastre di una sostanza misteriosa al paragone della quale il granito è burro.

God be thanked, the meanest of His mortals, Has two soul-sides, one to face the world with; One to show a woman when he loves her.

The great sun, moving in the heavenly houses, has left the House of the Fishes for the House of the Water-bearer. In the coming age shall humanity be holy, and in the perfection of the human shall we find the humane. Take up the manhood into Godhead, and bring down the Godhead into manhood, and this shall be the day of God with us; for God is made manifest in Nature, and Nature is the self-expression of God.

He looked round at Mona, who looked back at him with non-committal eyes. She had better control of herself than either of the two men, and was like the core of calm at the heart of a cyclone.

dance floors would bleed from the knife of her dress

Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness.

Let thy speech be better than silence or be silent

I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about.

My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.

The camera can photograph thought.

Don't save your good lingerie for dates, wear it for you.

Everyone else can go ahead and live in their beige movie. I prefer mine in Technicolor. They might all look at me and they might talk about me and they might think I'm weird. And you know what? I couldn't possibly disappoint them. So let's not. Instead, let's show them how it's done.

He said he was always looking for a new color. He used to call me the new color. He said he wouldn't wanna see a spaceship without me. He always talked in riddles, but I think I know what he meant, and I don't think anyone can ever say anything that will mean as much to me.

I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.

Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like, it will not tell itself.

And must I, perchance, like careful writers, guard myself against the conclusions of my readers?