Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by H. G. Wells

Quote by H. G. Wells

“[A novel by Henry James] is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with every light and line focused on the high altar. And on the altar, very reverently place, intensely there, is a dead kitten, an egg-shell, a bit of string.”

Quote by H. G. Wells

Create image

Author

H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells

H.G. Wells was a prominent English writer known for his science fiction, history, and social commentary. His most famous works include 'The Time Machine,' 'The War of the Worlds,' and 'The Invisible Man.' Born on September 21, 1866, in Bromley, Kent, England, Wells passed away on August 13, 1946. more

You May Also Like

“I'd break out in hives if I had to sing (`Stairway to Heaven') in every show. I wrote those lyrics and found that song to be of some importance and consequence in 1971, but 17 years later, I don't know. It's just not for me. I sang it at the Atlantic Records show because I'm an old softie and it was my way of saying thank you to Atlantic because I've been with them for 20 years. But no more of `Stairway to Heaven' for me.”

IfsKnowsWayYearsShowsSongFoundHeavenBreakRecordsConsequenceImportanceMy WayBreak OutSaying Thank YouHivesStairwaysStairway To Heaven
Author:Robert Plant
Create image

“Well, when I was a kid I used to hide behind the curtains at home at Christmas and I used to try and be Elvis. There was a certain ambience between the curtains and the French windows, there was a certain sound there for a ten year old. That was all the ambience I got at ten years old... I think! And I always wanted to be a certain, a bit similar to that. But I didn't want to sell pizza.”

ThinkingWantTryingYearsWellsHomeKidsWantedUsedCertainBitsSoundBehindsTenWindowSellsCurtainsPizzaAmbience
Author:Robert Plant
Create image

“I'm obsessed - not just interested, obsessed - with folk music, street music, the parallels between a country's street music and its so-called classical and intellectual music, the way certain scales have travelled right across the globe. All this ethnological and musical interaction fascinates me. Have you heard any trance music? That's the thing.”

WayCountryCertainHeardStreetsIntellectualMusicalFolksScalesObsessedInteractionGlobesParallelsFolk MusicTrance
Author:Jimmy Page
Create image