#curtain

I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there. ↗

— David Knopfler

#behind #best #craft #create #curtain

It's like a cast of actors; you're all working together closely under pressure to produce something everyday. And when we put up an issue, it's like the curtains opening on a new play. I really like that daily sense of surprise. ↗

— David Talbot

#closely #curtains #daily #everyday #i

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#among #because #bought #chiefly #contemplating

It's just an ice bucket with a bottle in it. The two flute glasses are little tray. I got to shut the curtains. I'm in my boxer shorts and shirt. I'm going to take a bath and go to bed. But I want to shut the blinds so it's really dark in the room. ↗

— Danny DeVito

#bed #blinds #bottle #boxer #bucket

There's no twilight in the tropics. Night falls like a curtain. ↗

— Waldemar Young

#falls #like #night #tropics #twilight

I decorated my house like a medieval gothic castle, European-style. Chandeliers and red velvet curtains. My bedroom is pink and black, my bathroom is totally Hello Kitty, I have a massive pink couch and a big antique gold cross. ↗

— Avril Lavigne

#bathroom #bedroom #big #black #castle

It was like falling off a building and suddenly, bang, you hit the bottom. The first time it happened was on an ordinary day at home. I was taking down some curtains. I took one step, turned around, took another step and then I fell and hit my head hard on the rowing machine. ↗

— Jonah Lomu

#around #bang #bottom #building #curtains

There's the fatigue that you have to forget about, because the red curtain still has to rise. ↗

— Mireille Mathieu

#because #curtain #fatigue #forget #red

Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star. ↗

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

#down #drops #her #pins #star

One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing. ↗

— Clive Barnes

#calls #curtain #dance #dancing #few