“people in general are totally unable to detach the personality of a writer from the products of his thinking.” Quote by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
“I have found that each of my books has developed out of something I have written in a previous book. Some thought evidently unfinished.” BookFoundWrittenUnfinished Author:Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
“But to make the intangible tangible, to pick the emotion out of the air and make it true for others, is both the blessing and the curse of the writer, for the thing between book covers is never as beautiful as the thing he imagined.” BookBeautifulEmotionAirBlessingPicksCurseTangibleIntangibleBook Covers Author:Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
“English life, while very pleasant, is rather bland. I expected kindness and gentility and I found it, but there is such a thing as too much couth.” FoundKindnessToo MuchExpectedPleasantBlandGentility Author:S. J. Perelman
“There is something about a home aquarium which sets my teeth on edge the moment I see it. Why anyone would want to live with a small container of stagnant water populated by a half-dead guppy is beyond me.” WantMomentsHomeWaterHalfEdgesTeethStagnantContainersAquariumsStagnant Water Author:S. J. Perelman
“You cannot keep up a nightlife and amount to anything in the day. You cannot indulge in those foods and liquors that destroy the physique and still hope to have a physique that functions with the minimum of destruction to itself. A candle burnt at both ends may shed a brighter light, but the darkness that follows is for a longer time.” MayStillsEndsLightDarknessHealthAmountDestructionFunctionCandleShedMinimumIndulgeBrighterLiquorIndulge InTime HealsPhysiqueNightlife Author:Coco Chanel
“Traveling is so complicated. There are so many people everywhere. I make my best journeys on my couch.” PeopleJourneyTravelComplicatedCouches Author:Coco Chanel
“Some people pursue unhappiness because happiness is too mild a sensation.” PeoplePursueUnhappinessSensations Author:Coco Chanel
“There are many more attempts to define happiness than unhappiness. It is because people know all too well what unhappiness is.” PeopleKnowsWellsUnhappiness Author:Coco Chanel
“Eat less than you think you want, eat with your intelligence, not your stomach. Never get up from the table with an inward, silent apology for being a pig.” ThinkingWantTablesSilentGet UpStomachApologyPigsInward Author:Coco Chanel
“If a woman is poorly dressed, you notice her dress. If a woman is impeccably dressed, you notice the woman.” IfsDresses Author:Coco Chanel