Fellow Quote by Aphra Behn

“The profundity of that remark reduces me to silence.”

— Mary Elgin

“another of their acquaintances finds himself mesmerised by the way that he 'always had something of ... rivetting stupidity to say on any subject'.”

— Craig Brown

“Struggling to be brief I become obscure.”

— Horace

“A tiny bit of brilliance rubs off on you every time you interact with someone brilliant.”

— Hrishikesh Agnihotri

“Subtle wits like to refresh themselves with a whiff of mild indecency.”

— Robertson Davies

“There comes a time when a man must forgo familiarity and venture into uncertainty; risking obscurity, but also quite possibly… finding meaning.”

— Jerry J.C. Veit

“You have a gift. Not just your talent, or smarts, or luck, or— He paused and closed his mouth, as if trying to slow…

— Damon Suede

“I like the modern form. Anyone who absolutely has to understand everything he sees misses a lot. It's not always true that "obscure words…

— Tarjei Vesaas

“...he wound up misbehaving in a manner so bold and outlandishly inappropriate that it wasn't clear to him if he had lost his mind…

— Paul Auster

“You can tell a really wonderful quote by the fact that it's attributed to a whole raft of wits.”

— Anna Quindlen

“It's a sorry little fact that we are often as mysterious to ourselves as we are to others.”

— Siri Hustvedt

“Alas, ‘tis the bane of the innuendo as its natural tendency is to make itself obscure.”

— Brenda Sloan