Life Quote by John Cowper Powys

“He took with him a bag in which were many instruments and drugs, 'the ghastly paraphernalia of our beneficial trade', as he once called,…

— Bram Stoker

“By degrees, however, he fashioned for himself out of this tendency a philosophy that was actually serviceable to life. He gained strength through familiarity…

— Hermann Hesse

“Marshall Shafter...kept pasted in his desk drawer a piece of paper he looked at from time to time to remind himself of something. It…

— Jane Jacobs

“While the quest for adventure that had long plagued him now tempted him to remove his clothes, an even more persuasive force within him…

— Gay Talese

I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or…

— Charles Dickens

“In a revolutionary epoch, sometimes men taste every novelty, sicken of them all, and return to ancient principles so long disused that they seem…

— Russell Kirk

I have heard him [William Harvey] say, that after his Booke of the Circulation of the Blood came-out, that he fell mightily in his…

— John Aubrey

The ancient gentleman who has seen the world, who is profoundly experienced, and much too deep to be the dupe of an age so…

— Samuel Laman Blanchard

Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to…

— Katherine Paterson

“Before he turned again the to the car his eye was caught by a small clump of unknown flowers. The pale pinkish white heads…

— P.D. James

“As soon as he was half-awake he slipped his knickers off. Holding them close to his face, he handled them loosely for a moment…

— Derek Raymond

“The blond's booming voice was well-educated British, but his outfit didn't match it. His hair was the only normal thing about him--close cropped and…

— Karen Chance