Life Quote by Thomas Wolfe

“Standing upright in the solitude of his room, he vowed that he would be the first poet of his race and bring immortal lustre…

— Orlando Virginia Dalloway

“As he passed out, he used to look with wonder at the black confessionals and long to sit in the dim shadow of one…

— Oscar Wilde

“The only light was a standing lamp by his chair, near his elbow was a drink. He liked to read with the silence and…

— James Salter

“With a perversity of judgement, which must be attributed to his not having by Nature a very strong head, the Graces, the Spirit, the…

— Jane Austen

“Things seemed to consist not of wood and stone but of some grandiose and infinitely tender immorality that, the moment it came in contact…

— Robert Musil

“Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored,…

— Edwin Arlington Robinson

“I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own. He must enter into all…

— Jane Austen

“Books were everywhere, lined neatly on shelves that went from floor to ceiling. The ceiling was two stories high, with an upper balcony that…

— Lisa Kleypas

“His knowledge was not far behind The knight's, but of another kind, And he another way came by't ; Some call it Gifts, and…

— Samuel Butler

“He had become simply Edward Bloom: Man. I’d caught him at a bad time in his life. And this was no fault of his…

— Daniel Wallace

“What he wanted was colours which would appear stronger and clearer in artificial light. He did not particularly care if they looked crude or…

— Joris-Karl Huysmans

“What are you, beyond the collection of the things you've done, said and thought? Happily, much comfort is to be found in the Good…

— Belle Dejour