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Them Quotes by Ian Mcewan
- By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their…
- I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.'
- All she had needed was the certainty of his love, and his reassurance that there was no hurry when a lifetime lay ahead of them.
- Watching him during the first several minutes of his delivery, Cecilia felt a pleasant sinking sensation in her stomach as she contemplated how deliciously self-destructive…
- In a story you only had to wish, you only had to write it down and you could have the world...It seemed so obvious now…
- It is photography itself that creates the illusion of innocence. Its ironies of frozen narrative lend to its subjects an apparent unawareness that they will…
- Finally he spoke the three simple words that no amount of bad art or bad faith can every quite cheapen. She repeated them, with exactly…
- When he thought of her, it rather amazed him, that he had let that girl with her violin go. Now, of course, he saw that…
- He saw that no one owned anything really. It's all rented, or borrowed. Our possessions will outlast us, we'll desert them in the end.
- These memories sustained him, but not so easily. Too often they reminded him of where he was when he last summoned them. They lay on…
- He was looking at her with amused suspicion. There was something between them, and even she had to acknowledge that a tame remark about the…
- He knew these last lines by heart and mouthed them now in the darkness. My reason for life. Not living, but life. That was the…
- My needs were simple I didn't bother much with themes or felicitous phrases and skipped fine descriptions of weather, landscapes and interiors. I wanted characters…
- Writers are said to have superstitions and little rituals. Readers have them too.
More Them Quotes
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster