Quotes About Expression

My tongue ran away from me, giddy with freedom. This and this and this, I said to him. I did not have to fear that I spoke too much. I did not have to worry that I was too slender or too slow. This and this and this!

Patroclo. —Aquiles no apretujó las sílabas de mi nombre como solía hacer la gente, que las apelotonaba todas juntas, como si quisiera liberarse del nombre. En vez de eso, hizo resonarlas todas. Pa-tro-clo.

Humillar a las mujeres parece ser el pasatiempo predilecto de los poetas

Quando sorrideva, la pelle attorno ai suoi occhi si increspava come carta tenuta vicino a una fiamma.

Humillar a las mujeres parece ser el pasatiempo predilecto de los poetas. Como si no pudiese haber historia a menos que nos arrastrásemos y sollozásemos.

Do you always make beautiful things for those you are angry with?" "No," he said. "Only you.

This and this and this, I said to him.

Humbling women seems to me a chief pastime of poets. As if there can be no story unless we crawl and weep

I could see the tug of a smile at the corner of his mouth. He was enjoying it, licking the crowd's worship off his lips.

Impiegai un momento a capire. Non l'avrei mai fatto così sfrontato. Ma era naturale che lo fosse. Artista, creatore, inventore, il più grande che il mondo avesse mai conosciuto. La timidezza non crea nulla.

On their faces, disappointment braided with relief.

Her mouth tightens. "Have you no more memories?" I am made of memories. "Speak, then.

Distaste ran over her face. Her eyes were not like a human's; they were black to their center and flecked with gold. I could not bring myself to meet them.

Quand les sculpteurs façonnent leur pierre, ils le font d'après lui.

La timidez no crea nada.

It was one thing to wear a dress out of necessity, another thing for the world to know of it. Our people reserved their ugliest names for men who acted like women; lives were lost over such insults.

How could I have been anything else but what I am, having been named Madonna. I would either have ended up a nun or this.

Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion.

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free.

When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.

Don't just stand there let's get to it. Strike a pose, there's nothing to it.

I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.