I think a lot of artists no longer want to participate in or be associated with narrative because of its corruptedness in… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S. — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
“He liked the sound of her voice, husky and low in a way that got him thinking about pinning her to the… — Melissa Cutler Copy Share Image
So much of contemporary liberalism seems to be never having grown up. — Jay Nordlinger Copy Share Image
No philosopher understands his predecessors until he has re-thought their thought in his own contemporary terms. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pompeii, especially, with its grand murals and its flourishing gardens haunted by the dark shadow of Vesuvius, has always suggested uncomfortable parallels… — Eleanor Antin Copy Share Image
“I'll carry you." But she was already holding on, and though she knew she'd have to soon, she didn't see how she'd… — Melissa Cutler Copy Share Image
“Maxwell D. Kalist is a receiving teller at a city bank, Orwell and Finch, where he runs an efficient department of twenty… — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
“At the empathetic tone in Sean’s voice, Lotti’s heart and stomach and head all clenched in unison. “What do you mean you… — Jill Shalvis Copy Share Image
Today, journalists more than any other cohort of professionals, are responsible for the confusion that surrounds power and its criminality in contemporary… — Martin Walker Copy Share Image
There's something within contemporary culture which is far more faux masculine than it was when men were really men. — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
Much more than a 20th-century village storyteller, Cees Nooteboom stands as an impressive and inimitable voice among contemporary writers. — Linda Simon Copy Share Image
When I heard the word ''stream'' uttered with such a revolting primness, what I think of is urine and not the contemporary… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Even though the play [ The Best Man] was written a long time ago, the characters seem modern and their struggles to… — Chris Hart Copy Share Image
My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music. — Carla Bruni Copy Share Image
“When I’d remember this night in weeks, months, or even years, it wouldn’t be the sex. Sex would fade and so would… — Rebecca Berto Copy Share Image
One of the terrible fallacies of contemporary psychotherapy is that if people would just say how they felt, a lot of problems… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with… — Lion Feuchtwanger Copy Share Image
The leaders of the future will be those who dare to claim their irrelevance in the contemporary world as a divine vocation... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The contemporary rejection of natural right leads to nihilism — nay, it is identical with nihilism, — Leo Strauss Copy Share Image
I think all novels are contemporary. When people went to see 'Antony-Cleopatra' at the Globe in the 16th century, they were not… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
You cannot even begin to understand contemporary African politics if you have not read this fascinating book — Bob Geldof Copy Share Image
There was no manifestation of contemporary culture that did not indicate to my grandmother how steadfast was the nation's decline, how merciless… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary… — Ryan Tedder Copy Share Image
Traditional arguments for the existence of God and contemporary attempts to use fine-tuning and cosmology to back up the case for his… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image