“My own approach to literary problems is very like the one Dr. Johnson's blind housekeeper used when she poured tea-she put her finger inside the cup.” ProblemUsedMy OwnApproachBlindFingersCupsTeaDrsJohnsonHousekeepersDr Johnson Book:Mystery and Manners Source: Mystery and Manners
“My fingers curl through the holes in the wicker, through the wet grass beneath it, trying to hold tight to the sharp blades of the present. Somewhere in my brain a sinkhole is bubbling over, and each bubble contains a scene from a tiny sunken world ... I have never been the prophet of my own past before. It makes me wonder how the healthy dreamers can bear to sleep at all, if sleep means that you have to peer into that sinkhole by yourself. ... I had almost forgotten this occipital sorrow, the way you are so alone with the things you see in dreams.” IfsWorldWayTryingMeanDreamPastMy OwnSleepBrainWonderBearsSorrowHealthySceneFingersForgottenTinyHolesGrassProphetDreamerBubblesWetPeersBladesCurlsSinkholes Author:Karen Russell
“It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. It is not contrary to reason for me to choose my total ruin, to prevent the least uneasiness of an Indian, or person wholly unknown to me. It is as little contrary to reason to prefer even my own acknowledged lesser good to my greater, and have a more ardent affection for the former than the latter.” WorldLittlesPersonsReasonWholeMy OwnGreaterDestructionFingersAffectionContraryWhole WorldRuinsFormerIndianLatterPreferenceArdentUneasiness Author:David Hume
“I burned my own damn finger pokin' someone else's fire” My OwnFireFingersDamnBurned Author:Kacey Musgraves
“When I have my manuscript finished, more or less, I type it myself, with two fingers. I type fast with two fingers. And then when it's ready, I reread, recorrect, and retype it. Everything is my own work. I do not give it to secretaries or to typists.” GivingTwoMy OwnReadyTypeFingersFinishedSecretaryManuscripts Author:Elie Wiesel