Inspirational Quote by Robert Browning

“Sappho isn't really meant to be read. It's meant to be sung and there were dances for the songs, also. Sappho was a performance…

— Alexander Chee

“In Poetry class, Professor Sappho teaches us how to compose love ballads. She's a swell teacher and all but I'm not sure I understand…

— Tai Odunsi

“And Esme remembered in a rush--the wolfsong, the haunting, lyrical spirals of it in the dawn quiet and the feeling of euphoria that had…

— Laini Taylor

“Elnora lifted the violin and began to play. She wore a school dress of green gingham, with the sleeves rolled to the elbows. She…

— Gene Stratton-Porter

“... He'd been about to turn away when she lifted her face to the moon and sang. It was not in any language that…

— Sarah J. Maas

Plays are just all sort of playful asides, and there's a great deal of reference here to Greek mythology, plays, and dramas. The idea…

— Lauren Groff

How have you left the ancient love That bards of old enjoyed in you! The languid strings do scarcely move! The sound is forced,…

— William Blake

“You can't go." "Give me a reason why I shouldn't." "Because I'll miss you, damn it!" she hissed, splaying her arms. "Because what's the…

— Sarah J. Maas

“I stared at the nose I'd seen bleeding only hours before, the violet eyes that had been so filled with pain. "Why?" I asked.…

— Sarah J. Maas

I never can hear a crowd of people singing and gesticulating, all together, at an Italian opera, without fancying myself at Athens, listening to…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“You can’t go.” “Give me a reason why I shouldn’t.” “Because what was the point in anything if you just disappear forever?” she hissed,…

— Sarah J. Maas

It’s entirely up to you, Artie. He lives or dies by your word. (Acheron) No, akri! Don’t ask her that. She never let me…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon