A J.J. Graves Quotes

You mean that people who continue virtuous in an old-fashioned way must inevitably suffer in times like these?

The poet's first rule must be never to bore his readers; and his best way of keeping this rule is never to bore himself-which, of course, means to write only when he has something urgent to say.

Kaisers and Czars will strut the stage Once more with pomp and greed and rage; Courtly ministers will stop At home and fight to the last drop; By the million men will die In some new horrible agony.

For words of rapture groping, they"Never such love," swore "ever before was!"

Love without hope, as when the young bird-catcher Swept off his tall hat to the Squire's own daughter, So let the imprisoned larks escape and fly Singing about her head, as she rode by.

I'm crap at interviews. I'm just not very good at sentences.

I just think the older I get, actually, the better I feel.

I don't plan. I don't think, 'I have to do this kind of part 'cause I've done that kind of part.' I'm not a very good planner.

I drifted into acting, and I've drifted into my career, and I've never been guided by anything particularly concrete.

I was a dozy boy; I'd like to have been like James Dean, but I was more Arthur Askey - pathetically rebellious in a cheeky, chappy sort of way.

I was concerned about doing the right thing when I was a kid. I suppose as a child, youre a massive egomaniac, and you think that everything you do is going to affect the world.

Celebritys a pain in the backside - youre always on display.

Whilst large organisations need foresight, they are also notorious in their bias for short term thinking, sometimes rejecting or even suppressing foresight.

Life has no guarantees, though. What good is living if all you think about is dying?

And when you're not happy with your own life, and yourself, you can't be happy with anyone else.

There’s no money in poetry, but there’s no poetry in money, either

You, on the other hand, wish to know things. And no one can forgive a girl for that.

About this business of being a gentleman: I paid so heavily for the fourteen years of my gentleman’s education that I feel entitled, now and then, to get some sort of return.

You named the chicken, Chicken?" She looked embarrassed. "When we decided not to kill it, I got attached.

Her fear was strong, but her need for the truth was stronger.

The conversation was like the sort one has in dreams—mad but interesting.

Headstrong is just a word, Katie - a word others call you when you don't do what they want.

There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money.

I am supposed to be an utter fool and the more I read the more of a fool they think me.

...And no prenup. Prenups are for people who plan on getting a divorce. I have so much, Bernie. But I've never had anyone to share it with. From now on, what's mine is yours

It was too lonely to be heaven, and there wouldn't be stars in hell.

Fac quod faciendum est, ' " Jo read aloud. "Do what must be done.

Many people who are in reality dead are walking in the streets

To resist the social pressure now put even on one's leisure time, requires a tougher upbringing and a more obstinate willfulness about going one's own way, than ever before.

Sometimes when we are drowning in our own loss we lash out--anger is momentarily easier to cope with.

A true test of someone’s love is how they act when they’re stressed and not how much they love you when everything’s goin’ good.

Maybe he's not coming, ' I whispered to Damar. 'He's crazy after all. Maybe something shiny caught his attention and he forgot about me.

Fact is not truth, but a poet who willfully defies fact cannot achieve truth.

Sir, no amount of money, no matter how vast, could induce me to stroll, perambulate, promenade, or engage in any form of locomotion with you whatsoever. Good evening.

No. I meant stay with me today. And tomorrow. And every day after.

A normal life? Now that’s the real fairytale." From UNDER MY SKIN

The truth costs.Lies cost more.

You can do without sleep or without food, but not without both and sleep wasn't an option.

And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.-Revelations 20:9

So, was the crime lab a reward for almost being killed?''No, it was a reward for not being Bryce,

That is why it could happen anywhere, given the right ingredients: particular people in government, competing with others- or with each other- over natural and wealth-creating resources.

I'd wish you good luck, but you won't need it. You get to write your own story now. Nothing's luckier than that.

...but [I] had sworn on the very day of my demobilization never to be under anyone’s orders for the rest of my life. Somehow I must live by writing.

He cupped my face in his hands and wiped my tears with his thumbs."Better?""Yes."He looked into my eyes and said, "I'll never leave you alone, Anna. Not if I can help it.

Always choose love. Always choose the adventure. You’ll never regret it.

But godhead is, after all, a matter of fact, not a matter of opinion: if a man is generally worshipped as a god then he is a god. And if a god ceases to be worshipped he is nothing.

You can take the barbarian out of the tavern, but he can take the blood out of your body.

That was the worst truth of all: alone. The word was a kind of death.

Murder is not a suitable topic of conversation for a young lady.

Because the world is in a sick condition and we are all somehow infected, against our will, even if we think we are whole in mind and soul and body.