Famous quotes containing the words heart, asks and/or pleasure:
“The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.”
—Willa Cather (1873–1947)
“I abide by a rule concerning reviews: I will never ask, neither in writing nor in person, that a word be put in about my book.... One feels cleaner this way. When someone asks that his book be reviewed he risks running up against a vulgarity offensive to authorial sensibilities.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasure to our listeners.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)