Quote by Ellen Raskin Download Open image ““You can't read my shorthand because I wrote in Polish.”” — Ellen Raskin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“And still you make fun," Tomassz complains, "after I am saving your life. Again. So tell me please, your inntricate knowledge of Polish references.… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“In the superficial activity of her life, she was all English. She even thought in English. But her long blanks and darkness of abstraction… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“My dear girl,' I answered in high spirits, for I felt elated at being active again. 'You are about to witness the birth of an immortal literary masterpiece. In a few moments, I shall begin the composition of an eloquent letter. This letter is going to be received by everyone in the Reich who has a Polish name. Or at… — Jan Karski Copy Share
When I write, I don't translate for white readers… Dostoevski wrote for a Russian audience, but we're able to read him. If I'm specific,… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“In the German tongue, in the Polish town Scraped flat by the roller Of wars, wars, wars ...” — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“It does not matter what you write in English nobody has understood it anyway.” — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
This homage has been rendered not to me - for the Polish soil is fertile and does not lack better writers than me -… — Henryk Sienkiewicz Copy Share Image
“Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.” — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“Sandy fidgeted with his pen. “There’s something I didn’t write down. Maybe I shouldn’t tell you, you being a judge and all, but, well,… — Ellen Raskin Copy Share Image
I try to say one thing with my work: A book is a wonderful place to be. A book is a package, a gift… — Ellen Raskin Copy Share Image
“Senseless, you say? Death is senseless yet makes way for the living. Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you… — Ellen Raskin Copy Share Image
“Can you stand on your legs?” Sydelle Pulaski asked. “Can you walk at all?” People never asked Chris those questions; they whispered them to… — Ellen Raskin Copy Share Image
Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows. — Ellen Raskin Copy Share Image
“Hello, Jake, I'm glad you could come," Sunny (as Madame Hoo was now called) said, shaking the hand of the chairman of the State… — Ellen Raskin Copy Share Image
“TURTLE SPENT THE night at the bedside of eighty-five-year-old Julian R. Eastman. T. R. Wexler had a master’s degree in business administration, an advanced… — Ellen Raskin Copy Share Image
Your trouble comes from years of wearing the wrong kind of shoes. - Jake Wexler — Ellen Raskin Copy Share Image
