Quote by Walter Isaacson

“thus isolated, he became known for his brashness.”

— Walter Isaacson

“He shut his mouth again and assumed a supercilious expression; this he wore for the remainder of the night, as if he regularly attended…

— Susanna Clarke

“Many of those late nights, when he'd paced his apartment, his mind roaming the world he'd painstakingly created and could finally inhabit - moving…

— Adelle Waldman

“His very person and appearance were such as to strike the attention of the most casual observer.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“And he judged of others by himself, not believing in what he saw, and always believing that every man had his real, most interesting…

— Anton Chekhov

“He was entirely rid of his nervous misgivings, of his forced aggressiveness, of the imperative desire to show himself different from his surroundings. He…

— Willa Cather

“He was a creature of the last turning of the centuries when sleep seemed to come more easily. Things were clear to him. He…

— Erik Larson

“The final fact being that at the very bottom of his soul he was an outsider, and anti-social, and he accepted the fact inwardly,…

— D.H. Lawrence

“He suffered from indigestion now nearly every afternoon in his life, but as he lacked introspection he projected the associated discomfort upon the world.…

— H.G. Wells

“Normally he was fond of most things. He was a good-natured and cheerful young man, who liked life and the great majority of those…

— P.G. Wodehouse

“We only know Him in so far as we are known by Him, and our contemplation of Him is a participation in His contemplation…

— Thomas Merton