Lapidary Quotes
- In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath. — Samuel Johnson
- Metz's Perfection chronicles with lapidary precision one woman's climb back to happiness after not just a spouse's death, but also the shocking recognition that her… — Julie Powell
- While reading writers of great formulatory power — Henry James, Santayana, Proust — I find I can scarcely get through a page without having to… — Joseph Epstein
- What a rare joy it is to linger in the lucid, transcendent worlds of Jennifer Maier's poems. In taut, precise language and lapidary images, Now,… — Rick Hilles
- Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman. — Victor Hugo