Characters Long

Famous quotes containing the words characters and/or long:

“His leanings were strictly lyrical, descriptions of nature and emotions came to him with surprising facility, but on the other hand he had a lot of trouble with routine items, such as, for instance, the opening and closing of doors, or shaking hands when there were numerous characters in a room, and one person or two persons saluted many people.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)