Sonnet Quote by Firoozeh Dumas Download Open image “Elinor Lipman is to tweets what Shakespeare is to sonnets.” — Firoozeh Dumas ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Sonnet Tweet
“Malone's commentary on Sonnet 93 was a defining moment in the history not only of Shakespeare studies but also of literary biography in general.… — James Shapiro Copy Share Image
The Sonnets of Shakespeare have the fascination of an autobiography, without its clarity. It is like reading an important document in a cave by… — Gilbert Highet Copy Share Image
“You cannot locate Shakespeare in his own works, not even in the sonnets. It is in this near invisibility that encourages the zealots who… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
“But we’re disorganized mourners, so a lot of people end up remembering Shakespeare, and no one ends up remembering the person he wrote Sonnet… — John Green Copy Share Image
I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life… — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
“No decent man ought to read Shakespeare's sonnets because it was like listening at keyholes.” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
When I was an undergraduate I had very badly annotated editions of Shakespeare's sonnets, all of which left out the important fact that will… — Thom Gunn Copy Share Image
Shakespeare, of course, makes us ever aware of transience, not only in the sonnets, but also powerfully in his plays - spectacles for a… — Martha Ronk Copy Share Image
“It's Shakespearean, Bill; lots of the important stuff in Shakespeare happens offstage - you just hear about it.” — John Irving Copy Share Image
Scorn not the sonnet. Critic, you have frowned, Mindless of its just honours; with this key Shakespeare unlocked his heart. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Without my relatives, I am but a thread; together, we form a colorful and elaborate Persian carpet. — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
“On our second day, my parents announced that Kauai was boring. “There’s nothing to look at, just plants and rainbows,” my father declared. “There… — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
Marriage, in my culture, has nothing to do with romance. It's a matter of logic. If Mr. and Mrs. Ahmadi like Mr. and Mrs.… — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
“I always made sure to put them back in the exact order in which I had found them, for fear of losing the privilege… — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
“The Japanese have a saying that for every new food we try, we gain seven days of life. I may be immortal by now.” — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
Most fruits, if left alone on a tree, eventually do ripen, especially if they're not being yelled at. — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
It's not what we eat or don't eat that makes us good people; it's how we treat one another. As you grow older, you'll… — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
For me, writing clarifies things. It gives meaning, and it makes me see the connections. — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
When people go to a new country, whether as refugees or immigrants, kids usually assimilate easily, but it's much harder for the grownups. Especially,… — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
“... even though we belong to three different religions. We are alike in so many more ways than we are different.” — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
“At some point, someone must have yelled “Good job, Kaz!,” which my father interpreted as “You should go on television and win a fortune!”… — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
My father's motto has always been 'Room in the heart, room in the house.' As charming as this sounds, it translates into a long… — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
“I will not make a sonnet from Each little private martyrdom; Nor out of love left dead with time Construe a stanza or a… — Joseph Auslander Copy Share Image
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
“I have three phobias which, could I mute them,would make my life as slick as a sonnet,but dull as ditch water:I hate to go… — Tallulah Bankhead Copy Share Image
My colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands [and I] are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
Leon Theremin's original designs are elegant, ingenious and effective. As electronics goes, the theremin is very simple. But there are so many subtleties hidden… — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
There is no objection to the proposal: in order to learn to be a poet, I shall try to write a sonnet. But the… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
We are made aware that magnitude of material things is relative, and all objects shrink and expand to serve the passion of the poet.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Just let me wait a little while longer, Under your window in the quite snow. Let me stand here and shiver, I’ll be stronger… — Polly Shulman Copy Share Image
Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
An intellectual's weapon is writing, but sometimes people react as if it were a firearm. A writer can do a lot to change the… — Mario Benedetti Copy Share Image
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