#pin

She kindly laments that I am not of the party, and to be sure I honour great ladies, and I admire great wits, but I am of the same opinion in regard to assemblies that is held concerning oysters, that they are never good in a month that has not the letter R in it. ↗

— Elizabeth Montagu

#am #assemblies #concerning #good #great

Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person. ↗

— Charles Edward Montague

#clean #cut #different #different times #ends

Les expériences dangereuses, le monde les accepte dans le domaine de l’art parce qu’il ne prend pas l’art au sérieux, mais il les condamne dans la vie. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#common-sense #life #opinions #art

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

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

#down #drops #her #pins #star

I'm not happy," she whispered. "I don't know what I am, but this isn't happiness. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#leslie #love

People's opinions don't interfere with me. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

#me #opinions #people

I don't have any particular rituals, I sometimes like to write in longhand when I'm searching for ideas but I do the vast majority by typing, I can't always keep up with my thoughts longhand. I'm not a coffee shop writer because I feel obliged to order more coffee and then I end up over-caffeinated. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#any #because #coffee #end #feel

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make. ↗

— William Morris

#dead #future #helping #living #make

I'd like to think that the notion of inspiration will transcend cultural things that are going on. There's something classic about this movie that I'm hoping reaches kids. ↗

— Rob Morrow

#classic #cultural #going #hoping #i

I was lucky enough to get to perform on stage in front of 20 million people on TV, and 150 thousand in concerts. For 15 minutes I got to be a rock star, the 15 minutes is great! It turns into Spinal Tap after 20 minutes. ↗

— Mark Mothersbaugh

#after #concerts #enough #front #get