Themes Quotes

236 Themes quotes by 216 unique authors

All morning I struggled with the sensation of stray wisps of one world seeping through the cracks of another. Do you know the feeling when… — Diane Setterfield
this is thy hour o soul, thy free flight into the wordless, away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, thee… — Walt Whitman
We take it for granted that Jesus was not interested in political life: his mission was purely religious. Indeed we have witnessed . . .… — Gustavo GutiÃ©rrez
It is as true for the writer as for the reader that any novel worth its ink should be an experience first and foremost—not an… — David Wroblewski
That afternoon he told me that the difference between human beings and animals was that human beings were able to dream while awake. He said… — Steven Millhauser
He was the boy that made mix tapes with themes and hand-colored covers until the day he hit my sister and stopped crying. — Stephen Chbosky
As I travel through life, I gather experiences that lie imprinted on the deepest strata of memory, and there they ferment, are transformed, and sometimes… — Isabel Allende
It is remarkable how a man cannot summarize his thoughts in even the most general sort of way without betraying himself completely, without putting his… — Thomas Mann
If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Most of my struggles in the Christian… — Philip Yancey
The young man shivered. He rolled the stock themes of fantasy over in his mind: cars and stockbrokers and commuters, housewives and police, agony columns… — Neil Gaiman
...we're in English class, which for most of us is an excruciating exercise in staying awake through the great classics of literature. These works-- groundbreaking,… — Libba Bray
When I was growing up, I didn't really know much about being popular or cliques or anything like that. In elementary school and middle school,… — Taylor Swift
The world is full of abandoned meanings. In the commonplace I find unexpected themes and intensities. — Don DeLillo
Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to say something, your worth, and your identity shouldn’t rely on… — Veronica Roth
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… — Ian Mcewan
They were like English teachers who took the fun out of a perfectly good book by breaking it down into themes and sentence structures — Tawni O'Dell
In my lifetime I was to write only one book, this would be the one. Just as the past Lingers in the present, all my… — Elie Wiesel
Every day I fantasise about situations and little themes I see in front of me that would make a good beginning of a story. But… — Emilia Fox
After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize… — Brian K. Vaughan
It goes without saying that a good Catholic novel should be good craftsmanship, good writing skills. The creative person must always be engaged in the… — Michael O'Brien
What Republicans need to do is to go back to their roots - starting with Lincoln - and remind the nation that they are the… — Alan Siegel
The narrative of so many fairy tales are timeless in so many different cultures, and they have been since the dawn of man. They represent… — Lily Cole
You want comedic themes to be recogniseable life truths that we all battle with, and with that comes the healing properties of comedy. — Miranda Hart
I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes. — Jamie Hewlett
While we can all access articles and information in so many places now - across blogs, in newspapers, on video - there is something very… — Michael Wolf

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