http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes Recent book quotes from TooManyQuotes.com. en-us Is it possible to love something so much, you imagine it wants to destroy you only because it has denied you? Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:24:56 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/is-it-possible-to-love-something-so-much-you-imagine-it-wants-to-destroy-you-only-because-it-has-denied-you http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/is-it-possible-to-love-something-so-much-you-imagine-it-wants-to-destroy-you-only-because-it-has-denied-you Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say, Of course those who write short books have even less to say. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:22:18 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/make-no-mistake-those-who-write-long-books-have-nothing-to-say-of-course-those-who-write-short-books-have-even-less-to-say http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/make-no-mistake-those-who-write-long-books-have-nothing-to-say-of-course-those-who-write-short-books-have-even-less-to-say I took my morning walk, I took my evening walk, I ate something, I thought about something, I wrote something, I napped and dreamt something too, and with all that something, I still have nothing because so much of sum'things has always been and always will be you. I miss you. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:19:24 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/i-took-my-morning-walk-i-took-my-evening-walk-i-ate-something-i-thought-about-something-i-wrote-something-i-napped-and-dreamt-something-too-and-with-a http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/i-took-my-morning-walk-i-took-my-evening-walk-i-ate-something-i-thought-about-something-i-wrote-something-i-napped-and-dreamt-something-too-and-with-a An old man's mind is just as likely to wander as a young man's, but where a young man will forgive the stray, an old man will cut it out. Youth always tries to fill the void, an old man learns to live with it. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:14:53 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/an-old-man-s-mind-is-just-as-likely-to-wander-as-a-young-man-s-but-where-a-young-man-will-forgive-the-stray-an-old-man-will-cut-it-out-youth-always-tr http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/an-old-man-s-mind-is-just-as-likely-to-wander-as-a-young-man-s-but-where-a-young-man-will-forgive-the-stray-an-old-man-will-cut-it-out-youth-always-tr (Untitled Fragment) Little solace comes/ to those who grieve/ when thoughts keep drifting/ as walls keep shifting/ and this great blue world of ours seems a house of leaves/ moments before the wind. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:11:21 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/untitled-fragment-little-solace-comes-to-those-who-grieve-when-thoughts-keep-drifting-as-walls-keep-shifting-and-this-great-blue-world-of-ours-seems-a http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/untitled-fragment-little-solace-comes-to-those-who-grieve-when-thoughts-keep-drifting-as-walls-keep-shifting-and-this-great-blue-world-of-ours-seems-a F!&$. A great by-the-bootstrap prayer or curse if you prefer, depending on how you look at it, or use it, suited perfectly for hurling at the skies or at the world, or sometimes, if said just right, for uttering with enough love and fire, the woman beside you melts inside herself, immersed in all that word-heat. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:02:33 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/f-a-great-by-the-bootstrap-prayer-or-curse-if-you-prefer-depending-on-how-you-look-at-it-or-use-it-suited-perfectly-for-hurling-at-the-skies-or-at-the http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/f-a-great-by-the-bootstrap-prayer-or-curse-if-you-prefer-depending-on-how-you-look-at-it-or-use-it-suited-perfectly-for-hurling-at-the-skies-or-at-the [...] Beneath all that cool pseudo-academic hogwash lurked a very passionate man who knew how important it was to say "f!&$" now and then, and say it loud too, relish its syllabic sweetness, its immigrant pride, a great American epic word really, starting at the lower lip, often the very front of the lower lip, before racing all the way back to the back of the throat, where it finishes with a great blast, the concussive forse of the K catching up then with the hush of the F already on its way, thus loading it with plenty of offense and edge and certainly ambiguity. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:00:41 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/beneath-all-that-cool-pseudo-academic-hogwash-lurked-a-very-passionate-man-who-knew-how-important-it-was-to-say-f-now-and-then-and-say-it-loud-too-rel http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/beneath-all-that-cool-pseudo-academic-hogwash-lurked-a-very-passionate-man-who-knew-how-important-it-was-to-say-f-now-and-then-and-say-it-loud-too-rel "The poet, sick, and with his chest half bare/ Tramples a manuscript in his dark stall,/ Gazing with terror at the yawning stair/ Down which his spirit finally must fall." - Charles Baudelaire; As translated by Roy Campbell. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:51:11 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/the-poet-sick-and-with-his-chest-half-bare-tramples-a-manuscript-in-his-dark-stall-gazing-with-terror-at-the-yawning-stair-down-which-his-spirit-final http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/the-poet-sick-and-with-his-chest-half-bare-tramples-a-manuscript-in-his-dark-stall-gazing-with-terror-at-the-yawning-stair-down-which-his-spirit-final The blind must rely on the feeble light of fingertips and the painful shape of a cracked shin. Echolocation comes down to the crude assessment of simple sound modulations, whether in the dull reply of a tapping cane, or the low, eerie flutter in one simple word -- perhaps your word -- flung down empty hallways long past midnight. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:33:36 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/the-blind-must-rely-on-the-feeble-light-of-fingertips-and-the-painful-shape-of-a-cracked-shin-echolocation-comes-down-to-the-crude-assessment-of-simpl http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/the-blind-must-rely-on-the-feeble-light-of-fingertips-and-the-painful-shape-of-a-cracked-shin-echolocation-comes-down-to-the-crude-assessment-of-simpl The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:58:36 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/the-way-of-a-fool-is-right-in-his-own-eyes-but-he-that-hearkeneth-unto-counsel-is-wise http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/the-way-of-a-fool-is-right-in-his-own-eyes-but-he-that-hearkeneth-unto-counsel-is-wise "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink; the ultimate medical manager knows what and how to make them thirsty." Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:53:07 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-but-you-can-t-make-them-drink-the-ultimate-medical-manager-knows-what-and-how-to-make-them-thirsty http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-but-you-can-t-make-them-drink-the-ultimate-medical-manager-knows-what-and-how-to-make-them-thirsty "You can't fire a person because of who they are; you can only fire them for what they do." Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:46:23 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/you-can-t-fire-a-person-because-of-who-they-are-you-can-only-fire-them-for-what-they-do http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/you-can-t-fire-a-person-because-of-who-they-are-you-can-only-fire-them-for-what-they-do "A team is a reflection of its leadership." Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:40:58 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/a-team-is-a-reflection-of-its-leadership http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/a-team-is-a-reflection-of-its-leadership How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light. Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:56:09 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/how-is-one-to-live-a-moral-and-compassionate-existence-when-one-is-fully-aware-of-the-blood-the-horror-inherent-in-life-when-one-finds-darkness-not-on http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/how-is-one-to-live-a-moral-and-compassionate-existence-when-one-is-fully-aware-of-the-blood-the-horror-inherent-in-life-when-one-finds-darkness-not-on Every crowd is a mob in the making. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:05:48 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/every-crowd-is-a-mob-in-the-making http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/every-crowd-is-a-mob-in-the-making Nothing more fun than an irritated grizzly bear. Tue, 26 May 2009 22:46:59 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/nothing-more-fun-than-an-irritated-grizzly-bear http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/nothing-more-fun-than-an-irritated-grizzly-bear He paused to catch a stray lock of hair that was escaping the twist on my neck and wound it back into place. My heart spluttered hyperactively. Tue, 26 May 2009 22:38:10 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/he-paused-to-catch-a-stray-lock-of-hair-that-was-escaping-the-twist-on-my-neck-and-wound-it-back-into-place-my-heart-spluttered-hyperactively http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/he-paused-to-catch-a-stray-lock-of-hair-that-was-escaping-the-twist-on-my-neck-and-wound-it-back-into-place-my-heart-spluttered-hyperactively And how long have you been seventeen? Tue, 26 May 2009 22:35:13 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/and-how-long-have-you-been-seventeen http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/and-how-long-have-you-been-seventeen I’d rather know what you’re thinking — even if what you’re thinking is insane. Tue, 26 May 2009 22:34:55 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/i%E2%80%99d-rather-know-what-you%E2%80%99re-thinking-%E2%80%94-even-if-what-you%E2%80%99re-thinking-is-insane http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/i%E2%80%99d-rather-know-what-you%E2%80%99re-thinking-%E2%80%94-even-if-what-you%E2%80%99re-thinking-is-insane You don’t care if I’m a monster? If I’m not human? Tue, 26 May 2009 22:34:06 +0000 http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/you-don%E2%80%99t-care-if-i%E2%80%99m-a-monster-if-i%E2%80%99m-not-human http://www.toomanyquotes.com/book_quotes/you-don%E2%80%99t-care-if-i%E2%80%99m-a-monster-if-i%E2%80%99m-not-human