“O drink is mighty! secrets it unlocks, Turns hope to fact, sets cowards on to box, Takes burdens from the careworn, finds out parts In stupid folks, and teaches unknown arts. What tongue hangs fire when quickened by the bowl? What wretch so poor but wine expands his soul?” ArtSoulFactsTurnsPoorSecretTeachFireStupidDrinkWineFolksBoxesBurdenTongueCowardBowls Book:Delphi Complete Works of Horace (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Horace (Illustrated)
“In the usual way I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of "normal" work. In my twenties some of my work for children was published by Macmillan. However, I was twenty-seven before my adult novel, The Birthgrave, was taken by DAW Books in the USA. This enabled me finally to stop doing stupid and soul-killing jobs, and start working day and night as a professional writer. It felt like a rescue from damnation, and still does.” WayShouldChildrenDoeStillsBookSoulFeelingsJobsNightWishFeltNovelTakenStupidNormalAdultsTwentiesSevenKillingHatedUsaUsualRescuePublishersDay And NightManuscriptsDamnationDrudgery Author:Tanith Lee
“We meet With few utterly dull and stupid souls: the sublime and transcendent are still fewer; the generality of mankind stand between these two extremes: the interval is filled with multitudes of ordinary geniuses, but all very useful, and the ornaments and supports of the commonwealth.” StillsTwoSoulSupportMankindStupidGeniusOrdinaryFilledExtremesDullMediocrityFewerMultitudesSublimeTranscendentOrnamentsIntervalsCommonwealthGeneralitiesTwo Extremes Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Was man made stupid to see his own stupidity? Is God by definition indifferent, beyond us all? Is the eternal truth man's fighting soul Wherein the Beast ravens in its own avidity?” MenMadeWarSoulFightingStupidEternalDefinitionsStupidityBeastIndifferentRavens Author:Richard Eberhart
“Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author's intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don't make sense when they are edited too much. I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author's mind, a glimpse of their creative soul. I mean, how would people like it if editors came along and said to an artist, 'Whoops, you left just a tad too much space around that lily pad there, lets crop that a bit, shall we?'. Monet would be ripping his hair out.” PeopleIfsTryingMindMeanSaidBookSoulSeemsWould BeArtistLiteratureLostLeftBitsSpaceCreativeToo MuchCuttingStupidHairIntentionVersionsMake SenseClassicEditorsGlimpseCropsPointlessLiliesPadsEditedClassic LiteratureMonetLily Pads Author:E. A. Bucchianeri
“All of you who have been through high dose psychedelic experiences know that it's very hard to carry stupid baggage through that keyhole. In fact you're lucky if you just get your soul and yourselves through and intact.” IfsKnowsHas BeensSoulHardFactsStupidLuckyYour SoulPsychedelicDoseBaggagePsychedelic ExperienceKeyholes Author:Terence McKenna
“What was said about all of us? We're stupid. You'll never work in a town again. How do you look your four children in the eye? You've sold your soul. You know, it went on and on.” KnowsLooksChildrenSaidSoulEyeFourStupidTownsOur ChildrenYour Soul Author:Kellyanne Conway
“You suck, surprising no one!!!! If bad was a boot, you'd fit it!!!! You're a stupid poo-poo head! I had sexual relations with your mother! Your mother was not that good in bed! You, sir, are a wretched soul! I am rubber, you are glue!” IfsSoulMotherStupidFitBedRelationBootsSurprisingWretchedGlueRubber Author:Bryan Lee O'Malley