Books Quote by Edward Gorey

“We all have our harps to play. And it's up to you now to know with which ear you'll listen.”

— Ray Bradbury

“Every harper plays upon his hearers as he does upon the strings of his harp. It is so that the music comes, between the…

— Rosemary Sutcliff

“He was a man with a tin-ear present who dreamed of a rock-opera future.”

— Daniel Woodrell

We suspect Dr. Clutterbuck's sense of hearing must be injured: for him the 'ear trumpet' magnifies but distorts sound, rendering it less distinct than…

— Robert James Graves

“The ear is the only writer and the only true reader.”

— Robert Frost

“to form such harsh unharmonious Sounds, that none but a Northern Ear could endure: They”

— Robert Lane Greene

“They played, not beautifully but deep, ignoring their often discordant strings and striking right into the heart of the music they knew best, the…

— Patrick O'Brian

“His opinion of singers was well known; music was a lovely thing for girls, but he could not comprehend why any healthy boy would…

— George R.R. Martin

“A story is told about David as a young boy in King Saul’s court. He asked permission to play on a beautiful harp that…

— Richard Wurmbrand

“Harping should be limited to musical instruments. - Charmainism”

— Charmaine Smith Ladd

While a man is stringing a harp, he tries the strings, not for music, but for construction. When it is finished it shall be…

— Henry Ward Beecher

O harp of life, so speedily unstrung!

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich