Bows Quote by Lloyd Alexander Download Open image “You have a point," said Fronto, "and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.” — Lloyd Alexander ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bows Logic Poet Poetry Said
“Poetry provides a vehicle that takes me to places that logic won't go. It is a way of understanding the incomprehensible.” — John A. Vanek Copy Share Image
“The sole object of Logic is the guidance of one's own thoughts: the communication of those thoughts to others falls under the consideration of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
What the poet says has never been said before, but, once he has said it, his readers recognize its validity for themselves. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Just because a poet said something didn’t mean it was true, only that it sounded good. — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“Poets aren't poets because of the way they write, they are poets because of the way they see the world.” — Brandon Gene Petit Copy Share Image
“The best minds have their soft spots and sometimes feel somewhat bruised by the scant respect of logic.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“There are heroes and heroes. I don't deny he's acted bravely on occasion. He's fought beside Lord Gwydion and been proud of himself as a chick wearing eagle's feathers. But that's only one kind of bravery. Has the darling robin ever scratched for his own worms? That's bravery of another sort. And between the two, dear Orwen, he might find… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share
“I shall not lie!" Eilonwy cried, "not for this traitor and deserter." "It is not for him," Taran said quietly, "but for the sake… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“He learned that the lives of men are short and filled with pain, yet each one a priceless treasure, whether it be that of a prince or a pig-keeper. And, at the last, the book taught him that while nothing was certain, all was possible. "At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, Dallben murmured. "And at the end of wisdom… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share
King Constantine IX of Regia had been killed three times and was bored with it. He wanted a bath. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“There is an exuberance in good fantasy quite unlike the most exalted moments of realistic fiction. Both forms have similar goals; but realism walks… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Stale water is a poor drink. Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Forgive me…I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“On the level of high art, in their common efforts to express human truths, relationships, attitudes, and personal visions, children's literature and adult literature… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
The art is more important than the artist. The work is more important than the person who does it. You must be prepared to sacrifice all the you could possibly have, be, or do; you must be willing to go all the way for your art. If it is a question between choosing between your life and a work of… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share
“Once," he added, "you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.” — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
I came to fantasy fairly late. For some ten years, I had been happily writing fiction and non-fiction for adults. But I always loved fantasy, whether for adults or young people; and at that particular point in my life, I wanted to try it, to understand it, as part of the process of learning to be a writer. The results… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share
I could not limit my values and pursuits to what makes others comfortable. Being possessed by a promise I live without options. I will… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
I with borrow'd silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, Like the bow that guards… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Pure essence, and pure matter, and the two joined into one were shot forth without flaw, like three bright arrows from a three-string bow. — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Steadying herself with both hands on the table, she managed an awkward bow… 'Your Highness,' she stammered, head lowered... The prince flinched and cast… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
Go not to the temple to put flowers upon the feet of God, first fill your own house with the fragrance of love. Go not to the temple to light candles before the altar of God, first remove the darkness of sin from your heart. Go not to the temple to bow down your head in prayer, first learn to… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share
I did archery when I was in high school. In our gym class we had two weeks of archery, and I remember taking the… — John Barrowman Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Pain and pleasure, good and evil, come to us from unexpected sources. It is not there where we have gathered up our brightest hopes, that the dawn of happiness breaks. It is not there where we have glanced our eye with affright, that we find the deadliest gloom. What should this teach us? To bow to the great and only… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people BOW DOWN to them. To… — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
