#great

I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#him #i #i do #injury #lie

Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#great #narrative #novel #poetry #produced

This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#always #creations #die #great #human

As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great. ↗

— Marian McPartland

#great #i #i can #long #my own

There were a lot of bad feelings when Lindsey first left the band. But there's been a lot of healing going on, growing up, maturing. The bond is a great deal stronger than what we first thought. ↗

— Christine McVie

#band #been #bond #deal #feelings

One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways. ↗

— Peter McWilliams

#comes #creativity #gets #goes #great

My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the emotions. But he was very affectionate towards me. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#acute #affectionate #articulate #deal #drinking

My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#acute #affectionate #articulate #deal #drinking

Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#booker #great #i #i think #immune

Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#element #exist #greatest #know #perhaps