Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

“Pretend you're not alone, Like you are center stage on Broadway. 'Cause when you're on your own a little opera goes a long way.”

— Sky Sailing Adam Young

“I came a fabulous opera. I saw that all beings have a fatality for happiness: action is not life, but a way of spending…

— Arthur Rimbaud

“I will participate in the game. It is a wonderful, wonderful opera – except that it hurts.”

— Joseph Campbell

“I kept looking around the bleachers at the audience, middle-aged people in practical clothes. Every single one of them cared about love, but how…

— Elif Batuman

The point of opera is that people are moved by the emotions and music.

— Alexander McCall Smith

“What good is having the heart of a lion if you cannot roar?”

— Elizabeth Chadwick

“What sort of person," said Salzella patiently, "sits down and writes a maniacal laugh? And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure…

— Terry Pratchett

“Honest to God, this is the absolute best kind of moment. The auditorium lights are off except for ones over the stage, and we're…

— Becky Albertalli

“My grandmother's life had been one long opera. There had been drama, heroes, villains, improbable twists, all that. But most of all there had…

— Alex George

To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice…

— Junichiro Koizumi

“I like Italian High Opera, German Comic Opera and the Grand Ole’ Opry – in no particular order.”

— C.L. Gammon

“When I look into my audience, I had to cry, twice.”

— Petra Hermans