Darlings Quotes

33 quotes by 30 authors

Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something… — Pietro Aretino
Goodnight my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow. — Noel Coward
Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it - whole-heartedly - and delete it before sending your manuscript… — Arthur Quiller-Couch
We writers have this saying 'Kill your darlings'... but I suppose you family men don't agree with it. — Mike Pohjola
You don't always have to go so far as to murder your darlings â€“ those turns of phrase or images of which you felt extra… — Diana Athill
Real bibliophiles do not put their books on shelves for people to look at or handle. They have no desire to show off their darlings,… — Robertson Davies
Amid all the easily loved darlings of Charlie Brown's circle, obstreperous Lucy holds a special place in my heart. She fusses and fumes and she… — Judith Crist
Nature does not capriciously scatter her secrets as golden gifts to lazy pets and luxurious darlings, but imposes tasks when she presents opportunities, and uplifts… — Edwin Percy Whipple
Do come back and draw the ferrets, they are the most lovely noble darlings in the world. — D. H. Lawrence
Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings. — Wislawa Szymborska
Do you hear the snow against the windowpanes, Kitty? How nice and soft it sounds! Just as if some one was kissing the window all… — Lewis Carroll
Both Kennedy and Obama exuded a dash of glamour in their roles as commander-in-chief and became the darlings of Hollywood. As president, each brought to… — Kitty Kelley
Now, you mummy's darlings, get a rift on them boots. Definitely shine em, my little curly-headed lambs, for in our mob, war or no war,… — Gerald Kersh
Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy… — John Muir
A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry whom she likes. Only let us be thankful that the darlings are like… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I have been in a lot of movies, but none of them are critics' darlings, you might say. — Artie Lange
My darlings, if I can't write dark, epic music, I can't live! — Amy Lee
She was happy, and perfectly in line with the tradition of those women they used to call "ruined," "fallen," feckless, bitches in heat, ravished dolls,… — Jean Genet
Murder your darlings. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
In writing, you must kill all your darlings. — William Faulkner

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