about that too, ma’am,” he said, writing up her citation…

“How do you do, ma'am?" said the captain. "I am very glad to see you. I have come a long way to see you.”

— Charles Dickens

A parting is sadder than a death, Ma always said, for two people are dead to one another and yet go on living.

— Caroline Pafford Miller

“Woman can change better'n a man," Ma said soothingly. "Woman got all her life in her arms. Man got it all in his head.”

— John Steinbeck

It's not writing in the traditional sense, but I've always said that the writing process continues on the set and even into the editing…

— Robert B. Weide

“Sometimes I believe that in life every promise should be taken with suspicion, disbelief, even as a lie because it features knights in the…

— Slavisa Pavlovic

“If only stupid people could have the mere intelligence to shut up while discussing serious matter, the world would go along so much better !”

— Laure Lacornette

“Perhaps the most powerful and appealing aspect of another's words, however, is simply their convenience. Whether distilled in the briefest apophthegm, or spread out…

— Jasper Siegel Seneschal

“My bones are my unique home.”

— Laure Lacornette

“For the most difficult way to be retweeted, or, liked: be thought-provoking. For the easiest way: quote Oprah, or, the Bible.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Sous un ciel étoilé On ne peut qu’aimer la vie.”

— Laure Lacornette

“[An example of misattribution:] If you don’t know the source of a quote, you can always make it sound better by attributing it to…

— Jakub Marian

“Do you imagine that they're going to issue me a citation...what was your name again?" "Still Eve." "No, I'm sure it's something else. That…

— Rachel Caine

“Speaking one’s mind once is more honorable than quoting a thousand men.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“For all I see, humanity is lost. It's devastatingly sad.”

— Laure Lacornette

“Of course, you cannot just blurt out a quote whenever you feel like it. For a quote to have the desired effect, it must…

— Jakub Marian