Oldest Quotes

320 quotes by 280 authors

When the oldest Chatwin, melancholy Martin, opens the cabinet of the grandfather clock that stands in a dark, narrow back hallway in his auntâ€™s house… — Lev Grossman
There are times in this life when a person must do or say things he doesn't want to. Human beings and chains, it is the… — Nadeem Aslam
Nicholas: One of the oldest secrets of alchemy is that every living thing, from the most complex creatures right down to the simplest leaf, carries… — Michael Scott
Yet even in the loneliness of the canyon I knew there were others like me who had brothers they did not understand but wanted to… — Norman Maclean
It's the oldest story in the world. Boy loves girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl back thanks to the unethical behavior of megalomaniacal mad… — Mira Grant
You suffer from the oldest delusion in politics. You think you can change the world by talking to a leader. Leaders are the effects, not… — Alasdair Gray
At its best, fantasy rewards the reader with a sense of wonder about what lies within the heart of the commonplace world. The greatest tales… — Patricia A. McKillip
By the way, were we to find life-forms on Venus, we would probably call them Venutians, just as people from Mars would be Martians. But… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Anticipating the end of the world is humanity's oldest passtime — David Mitchell
She let him finish, scratching his head with the tips of her fingers, and without his having revealed that he was weeping from love, she… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Time continued to pass - the oldest trick in the world, and maybe the only one that really is magic. — Stephen King
It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies? — John le Carre
Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Their oldest child, James, had spoken laughingly about Will's unrelenting fear of ducks and his continual battle to keep them out of the pond at… — Cassandra Clare
A legacy that powerful does not disappear. Next to the Egyptians, the Greeks and Romans were babies. Our modern nations like Great Britain and America?… — Rick Riordan
You", he said, "are the single exception that rule". The oldest, deepest, most beautiful flaw in his Silence."Without you, I would be a monster. — Nalini Singh
I am praetor of the legion," Reyna said. "I judge this to be in the best interest of Rome." "To get yourself killed? To break… — Rick Riordan
Dance, one of the oldest forms of artistic expression, requires only the human body for its realization. — Unknown Author
Though it is true we are the highest and smartest animals, ospreys have eyes we have calculated to be sixty times more powerful and sophisticated… — Christopher Hitchens
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature the oldest. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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