The blackest ink of fate are sure my lot, And when fate…

I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your fate is writ clear;you will be murdered. I cannot conceive how it comes about that you were not murdered long since! How odd!Charles…

— Georgette Heyer

Young writers often mistakenly choose a certain vein or style based on who they want to be, unconsciously trying to blot out who they…

— Mary Karr

A blot in thy escutcheon to all futurity.

— Miguel de Cervantes

The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke, a blot on American history.

— Frank Waters

“Little girl, a memory without blot or contamination must be an exquisite treasure-an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment:is it not?”

— Charlotte Brontë

Blotting pads are great in case you get sweaty or oily. But don't rub. It's a slow, methodical blot: set the pad on your…

— Jonathan Van Ness

Jonathan Lethem's 10th novel, 'The Blot,' is engaging, entertaining, and sharp for its first two-thirds. Then it goes to hell.

— Lionel Shriver

The Sudan bombing is a blot on the Clinton presidency, and a blot it ought to remain.

— Timothy Noah

It is to be lamented that great characters are seldom without a blot.

— George Washington

Suicide is not a blot on anyone’s name; it is a tragedy

— Kay Redfield Jamison

I'm not a great flyer. It's ironic, since I'm in showbiz and have to fly at least twice a week. I try to sleep…

— Suzi Quatro

To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.

— Henry Fielding

In a recent decision of the Supreme Court, not made, however, by the full court, and concurred in by only four justices, it was…

— John Bates Clark

Whole scenes of your life slip away forever if you don't put them down in ink.

— Silas House