Arthur Quote by Charles Dickens

“His thinking was a dusk of doubt and selfmistrust lit up at moments by the lightnings of intuition, but lightnings of so clear a…

— James Joyce

“She was tallish with dark hair which fell in waves around a pale and serious face. Standing still, alone, she seemed almost somber, like…

— Douglas Adams

“Oh, he did look like a deity – the perfect balance of danger and charm, he was at the same time fascinating and inaccessible,…

— Simona Panova

Despite his [Artie Shaw's] affectations of reclusiveness, he never tired of talking about himself, as countless long interviews reveal. I do not recall an…

— Gene Lees

“Burne was drawing farther and farther away from the world about him. He resigned the vice-presidency of the senior class and took to reading…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“He was the drop-dead-toe-curling-panty-melting-alpha variety. His deep-set green eyes were hypnotic, with ridiculously thick lashes that would’ve looked odd on a guy yet surprisingly…

— Kat Madrid

“Having once thought that most of his parishioners shared the life-changing encounter with blazing beauty, it was all the harder for him to see…

— George M. Marsden

“the outlines of his figure were indistinct—but his features were the features of a deity; for the mantle of the night, and of the…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“he met the eyes of others with unanswering eyes, for he felt that the spirit of beauty had folded him round like a mantle…

— James Joyce

“As a final test, I tried to look Arthur in the eyes. But no, this time-honoured process didn't work. Here were no windows to…

— Christopher Isherwood

“And his brow was lofty with thought, and his eye wild with care; and, in the few furrows upon his cheek I read the…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“As the late afternoon sun shone in Shaw's face and a soft flower-scented wind cooled him, his unhappiness turned to a detachment that was…

— Gore Vidal