“Some days my thoughts are just cocoons -- all cold, and dull, and blind, They hang from dripping branches in the grey woods of my mind; And other days they drift and shine -- such free and flying things! I find the gold-dust in my hair, left by their brushing wings.” MindLeftHairColdGoldBlindWingsShiningWoodsFlyingDustBranchesDullGreyMy ThoughtsOf My MindDrippingCocoonsBrushingGold Dust Book:Dreamers on Horseback: (collected Verse) Source: Dreamers on Horseback: (collected Verse)
“Drama is life with the dull bits left out. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. I believe in putting the horror in the minds of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen. The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.” ShouldMindBelieveHumansFilmLeftI BelieveBitsAudienceDramaHorrorHollywoodTerrorI Believe InScreensRelatedDullLengthEnduranceAnticipationBangsLeft OutBladder Author:Alfred Hitchcock
“Though now this grained face of mine be hid In sap-consuming winter's drizzled snow, And all the conduits of my blood froze up, Yet hath my night of life some memory, My wasting lamps some fading glimmer left, My dull deaf ears a little use to hear.” LittlesUseAgeFacesNightLeftMemoriesBloodMinesEarsWinterSnowDullLampsDeafConsumingFadingSapDeaf Ears Book:The Comedy of Errors Source: The Comedy of Errors
“And just as I begin to believe that all is well, there is some subtle change in the light. The room takes its true shape. I fight to go back to that blissful ignorance, but it is too late. The dull pain of truth weights my soul, pulling it under. I am left hopelessly awake.” BelieveWellsSoulLightPainFightingLeftRoomsIgnoranceShapesLateWeightMy SoulAwakeDullToo LateSubtlePullingBlissful Ignorance Book:The Sweet Far Thing Source: The Sweet Far Thing